Bud formation of lipid membranes in response to the surface diffusion of transmembrane proteins and line tension

Authors :: Chun Il Kim
Tsegay Belay
Peter Schiavone
Source :: Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. 22:2091-2107
Publication Year :: 2016
Publisher :: SAGE Publications, 2016.
Abstract: We study the formation of membrane budding in model lipid bilayers with the budding assumed to be driven by means of diffusion of trans-membrane proteins over a composite membrane surface. The theo...

Subjects :: 0301 basic medicine
Chemistry
General Mathematics
Biological membrane
02 engineering and technology
Membrane budding
Interbilayer forces in membrane fusion
03 medical and health sciences
020303 mechanical engineering & transports
030104 developmental biology
0203 mechanical engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Biophysics
Membrane fluidity
General Materials Science
Lipid bilayer phase behavior
Lipid bilayer
Membrane biophysics
Elasticity of cell membranes

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