Open AccessNeed Tension Relief Fast? Try Caveolae
Author(s) -
Satyajit Mayor
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2011.01.018
Subject(s) - caveolae , biology , membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , tension (geology) , biophysics , biochemistry , physics , classical mechanics , moment (physics)
Caveolae are protein-driven membrane invaginations that regulate both the physical and chemical composition of the plasma membrane. Sinha et al. (2011) now show that caveolae are membrane reservoirs that are used to rapidly buffer against changes in membrane tension.
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