Abstract

While all membranes share a characteristic bilayer morphology, their lateral organization can be remarkably complex. In biological membranes, lipids and proteins can self-assemble laterally to generate a variety of compositionally distinct domains that range in size from nanometers to microns, exist over a wide range of time scales, and assume varying curvatures and morphologies. Our group seeks to understand the physicochemical principles that govern the assembly and function of two related yet distinct classes of membrane nanodomains: membrane rafts and caveolae.

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