title: Lipid rafts make for slippery platforms.
abstract: What's in a raft? Although cell membranes are certainly not homogeneous mixtures of lipids and proteins, almost all aspects of lipid rafts-how to define them, their size, composition, lifetime, and biological relevance-remain controversial. The answers will shape our views of signaling and of membrane dynamics.
authors.affiliation: lai@fruitfly.org
authors.forename: Eric C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021941:Caveolae / Q000378:metabolism*; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids