title: Lipid rafts: feeling is believing.
abstract: In the late 1990s, accumulated evidence led to the proposal that biological membranes are composed of microdomains of different lipids, which form functional "rafts." Recent work using atomic force microscopy has given us new insights into the factors influencing the formation and behavior of these physiological microenvironments
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Edwardson
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Geisse
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Saslowsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000502:physiology*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*