title: A rational route to probing membrane proteins.
abstract: A recent report describes the design of short peptides that bind specifically to transmembrane regions of integrins, providing an exciting tool for probing the biology of membrane proteins.
authors.affiliation: MIT Department of Biology, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. keating@mit.edu
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D015195:Drug Design; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D010455:Peptides; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides