A rational route to probing membrane proteins.
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.
Keating
Amy E
AE
MIT Department of Biology, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. keating@mit.edu
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
D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010455:Peptides