title: Functional components of surface membranes: potential targets for pharmacological manipulation.
abstract: This short survey of three major developments in membrane studies should serve to convince pharmacologists that biochemical approaches to the study of cell membranes have finally borne fruit. A reasonable model of cell membrane architecture is now in hand, and it should be possible to use these findings to design and interpret new pharmacological approaches to the manipulation of cells via their surface membranes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D006021:Glycophorins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D006021:Glycophorins; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins