title: Membrane biology: Making light work of lipids.
abstract: A clever genetic trick allows the lipid composition of the plasma membrane to be manipulated using light, paving the way for new investigations into the many membrane interactions that dictate cell shape, movement and communication.
authors.affiliation: Section on Molecular Signal Transduction, Program for Developmental Neuroscience, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. gerald.hammond@nih.gov
authors.forename: Gerald R V
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D002450:Cell Communication; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002465:Cell Movement; D048430:Cell Shape; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins