Surface Sugars Get Cells in Shape

Kamil Godula

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.053

Surface Sugars Get Cells in Shape

Cell. 2019 Jun 13;177(7):1672-1674. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.053.

Author

Kamil Godula¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358, USA. Electronic address: kgodula@ucsd.edu.

PMID: 31199912
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.053

Abstract

Cell membranes can adopt a variety of shapes and curvatures, yet our understanding of the factors involved remains limited. In this issue of Cell, Shurer et al. (2019) demonstrate that the glycocalyx can regulate cell shape from the outside in.

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MeSH terms

Cell Membrane
Cell Shape
Glycocalyx*
Sugars*

Substances

Sugars