Membrane Organization of the Serotonin 1A Receptor Monitored by a Detergent-Free Approach

1. Insolubility of membrane constituents in nonionic detergents such as Triton X-100 has been a widely used biochemical criterion to indicate their localization in membrane domains. However, concerns on the possibility of membrane perturbation in the presence of detergents have led to the development of detergent-free approaches.