Sub-Membrane Mesh Key to Red Blood Cell Flexibility (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Sub-Membrane Mesh Key to Red Blood Cell Flexibility

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A super-resolution microscopy technique called STORM reveals the two-dimensional triangular protein meshwork that underlies the membrane of the red blood cell and is key to its flexibility.

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Ke Xu, UC Berkeley

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