title: Flexible scaffolding made of rigid BARs.
abstract: Crescent-shaped BAR domains are generic actors in the creation of membrane curvature. In this issue, Frost et al. (2008) reveal how collective twisting of rigid F-BAR domains on a soft membrane surface may lead to different membrane curvatures.
authors.affiliation: Program on Physical Biology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1855, USA.
authors.forename: Vadim A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Frolov
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmerberg
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins