Membrane adhesion and domain formation

Details Membrane adhesion and domain formation Membrane adhesion and domain formation

2007-09-23

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3759v1

Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes, Vol. 5, pp. 63-127 (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006). Edited by A. Leitmannova Liu.

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

68 pages, 29 figures

Scientific paper

We review theoretical results for the adhesion-induced phase behavior of biomembranes. The focus is on models in which the membranes are represented as discretized elastic sheets with embedded adhesion molecules. We present several mechanism that lead to the formation of domains during adhesion, and discuss the time-dependent evolution of domain patterns obtained in Monte-Carlo simulations. The simulated pattern dynamics has striking similarities to the pattern evolution observed during T cell adhesion.

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