title: Membrane curvature: the power of bananas, zeppelins and boomerangs.
abstract: New work on the ability of IRSp53/MIM domains to induce negative membrane curvature sheds light on the mechanisms used to generate actin-rich cell protrusions.
authors.affiliation: Henry Wellcome Integrated Signalling Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK. giles.cory@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Giles O C
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Cory
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cullen
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D019281:Dimerization; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011554:Pseudopodia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; C119539:BAIAP2 protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins