Illustration of Lipid Raft (IMAGE)

University of Pittsburgh

Illustration of Lipid Raft

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Schematic of protein activation and lipid membrane remodeling. A density change of active receptors drives the system towards an active configuration in which the lipid bilayer shrinks around active domains, this causing cell membrane deformation and thickening in the form of lipid rafts.

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Carotenuto, Lunghi et al.

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