Fusion of biological membranes

Pramana

M Müller³  K Katsov²  M Schick3¹ 

[1] Department of Physics, Box 351560, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, USA$$;Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA$$;Institut für Physik, WA 331, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, D-55099 Mainz, Germany$$

关键词: Fusion;    membranes.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

The process of membrane fusion has been examined by Monte Carlo simulation, and is found to be very different than the conventional picture. The differences in mechanism lead to several predictions, in particular that fusion is accompanied by transient leakage. This prediction has recently been verified. Self-consistent field theory is applied to examine the free energy barriers in the different scenarios.

【 授权许可】

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