title: New insights into membrane dynamics from the analysis of cell surface interactions by physical methods.
abstract: The physical, chemical and mechanical properties of the cell surface can be probed using a variety of microscopy-based techniques. The movements of membrane components are currently being characterized, and recent experiments have begun to define the structural origins of these modes of transport at a molecular level. However, explicit relationships between new knowledge of membrane structure and complex, linked functions, such as signal transduction and adhesion, remain elusive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3290, USA.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Sheets
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins