Cell membranes become highly curved during membrane trafficking, cytokinesis, infection,
immune response, or cell motion. Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain proteins with their …

Background Membrane-bound intracellular organelles have characteristic shapes attributed
to different local membrane curvatures, and these attributes are conserved across species …

BAR domain proteins contribute to membrane deformation in diverse cellular processes.
The inverted-BAR (I-BAR) protein IRSp53, for instance, is found on the inner leaflet of the …

Cardiolipin is a cone-shaped lipid predominantly localized in curved membrane sites of
bacteria and in the mitochondrial cristae. This specific localization has been argued to be …

Although membrane shape varies greatly throughout the cell, the contribution of membrane
curvature to transmembrane protein targeting is unknown because of the numerous sorting …

Adsorption of proteins onto membranes can alter the local membrane curvature. This
phenomenon has been observed in biological processes such as endocytosis, tubulation …

Current description of biomembrane mechanics originates for a large part from W. Helfrich's
model. Based on his continuum theory, many experiments have been performed in the past …

Cellular membranes are densely crowded with a diverse population of integral and
membrane-associated proteins. In this complex environment, lipid rafts, which are phase …

Biological membranes constitute boundaries of cells and cell organelles. These membranes
are soft fluid interfaces whose thermodynamic states are dictated by bending moduli …

The function of biological membranes is controlled by the interaction of the fluid lipid bilayer
with various proteins, some of which induce or react to curvature. These proteins can …