Membrane proteins play important roles in health and disease, but they are so hydrophobic that they require detergents to maintain their shape outside membranes. That makes them difficult to study.

About 30 percent of the proteins encoded by the human genome are membrane proteins -- proteins that span the cell membrane so they can facilitate communication between cells and their environment.

Proteins are the workers, messengers, managers, and directors of nearly all inter- and intra-cellular functions in our body. So, all advances in biology, pharmaceuticals, and related fields hinge on ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Confinement effects on protein stability are relevant in a number of biological applications ranging from encapsulation in the cylindrical ...