title: Septins recognize micron-scale membrane curvature.
abstract: How cells recognize membrane curvature is not fully understood. In this issue, Bridges et al. (2016.J. Cell Biol.http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201512029) discover that septins, a component of the cytoskeleton, recognize membrane curvature at the micron scale, a common morphological hallmark of eukaryotic cellular processes.
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Medical Rresearch Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England, UK.
authors.forename: Damián
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lobato-Márquez
authors.affiliation: Section of Microbiology, Medical Rresearch Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England, UK s.mostowy@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mostowy
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D058112:Septins
chemical_list: D058112:Septins