Membrane Protein Insertion: The Biology–Physics Nexus

### Introduction Membrane proteins are a greasy lot. Thrown into water without detergents, they form intractable aggregates, which minimize exposure of their nonpolar transmembrane surfaces to water. Aggregation would be their certain fate if membrane proteins were translated on the ribosome in the

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