title: Membrane proteins take center stage in Frankfurt.
abstract: Biological membranes are dynamic frontiers whose molecules must delicately balance the needs for compartmentalization and communication, and the gap between the vital significance of transport and signaling through membranes and our poor understanding of the precise functionality of these processes is daunting. However, a recent conference highlighted promising progress in the field, particularly made possible by the increasing structural knowledge about membrane proteins.
authors.affiliation: Center for Membrane Proteomics, the Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt and the Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany. schleiff@bio.uni-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schleiff
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tampé
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D005858:Germany; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins