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Review
. 2000 Oct;1(1):31-9.
doi: 10.1038/35036052.

Lipid rafts and signal transduction

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Lipid rafts and signal transduction

K Simons et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Oct.

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  • Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2001 Mar;2(3):216

Abstract

Signal transduction is initiated by complex protein-protein interactions between ligands, receptors and kinases, to name only a few. It is now becoming clear that lipid micro-environments on the cell surface -- known as lipid rafts -- also take part in this process. Lipid rafts containing a given set of proteins can change their size and composition in response to intra- or extracellular stimuli. This favours specific protein-protein interactions, resulting in the activation of signalling cascades.

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