Membrane Mechanics in Living Cells

Jay T Groves

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2018.12.011

Membrane Mechanics in Living Cells

Dev Cell. 2019 Jan 7;48(1):15-16. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.12.011.

Author

Jay T Groves¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Electronic address: jtgroves@lbl.gov.

PMID: 30620900
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.12.011

Abstract

The combination of fluid and mechanical properties exhibited by cell membranes enables a wealth of physical phenomena, many of which also have biological functions. A recent study in Cell (Shi et al., 2018) now shows that membrane tension in the cell may not be as simple as it first seemed.

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MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Cell Membrane
Elasticity
Physical Phenomena
Stress, Mechanical