Helices sculpt membrane (original) (raw)

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Many proteins are carried within cells in bubble-like sacs. These are pinched off from membranes inside the cell, and it seems that the Sar1p protein is key in both starting and finishing this budding process.

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Figure 1: Sar1p in budding and fission.

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    Guillaume Drin & Bruno Antonny

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