Measuring the equilibrium dimerization of a polytopic membrane protein in lipid bilayers forms the basis of a new system for studying the physical forces that stabilize membrane protein association in membranes.

The G protein subunits Gβγ and the signaling lipid PIP2 are simultaneously needed to activate the potassium ion channel GIRK2 to control the voltage across a lipid bilayer, while sodium ions modulate these molecules' effects.

Lipids with a propensity to form nonbilayer structures must be present for the last step of membrane fusion to take place.

The transmembrane shape of the F₁F_o ATP synthase monomer provides the molecular basis of high curvature at the ridges of mammalian mitochondrial cristae.

Single molecule microscopy combined with biochemical analyses show that a two-step lipid-binding mechanism of the SRP receptor balances the trade-off between speed and specificity during co-translational protein targeting.

Long-lived intermediate states formed by glycoprotein catalysts are an essential part of the process used by influenza virus particles to infect cells.

The GIRK1 subunit contains a defective Na⁺-binding site but behaves as if it is permanently bound to a sodium ion, and therefore increases the affinity of Gβγ to GIRK1/4 hetero-tetrameric channels in lipid membranes.

Determining how GIRK2 activity depends on the concentration of Gβγ subunits in lipid membranes at different Na⁺ concentrations has allowed the Gβγ concentration generated during GABA_B activation in neurons to be estimated.

A general mechanism for how powerful forces of assembly and protein mobility can emerge from phase transitions is established.