Dynamics of Specific Vesicle-Substrate Adhesion: From Local Events to Global Dynamics

Reister-Gottfried E, Sengupta K, Lorz BG, Sackmann E, Seifert U, Smith AS (2008)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Letter

Publication year: 2008

Journal

Physical Review Letters American Physical Society

Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC

Book Volume: 101

Article Number: 208103

Journal Issue: 20

URI: http://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.208103

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.208103

Abstract

We present a synergistic combination of simulations and experimental data on the dynamics of membrane adhesion. We show that a change in either the density or the strength of the bonds results in very different dynamics. Such behavior is explained by introducing an effective binding affinity that emerges as a result of the competition between the strength of the chemical bonds and the environment defined by the fluctuating membrane.

Authors with CRIS profile

Ana-Suncana Smith Physics Underlying Life Science

Related research project(s)

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Involved external institutions

Universität Stuttgart DE Germany (DE) Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille Université FR France (FR) Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Reister-Gottfried, E., Sengupta, K., Lorz, B.G., Sackmann, E., Seifert, U., & Smith, A.-S. (2008). Dynamics of Specific Vesicle-Substrate Adhesion: From Local Events to Global Dynamics. Physical Review Letters, 101(20). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.208103

MLA:

Reister-Gottfried, Ellen, et al. "Dynamics of Specific Vesicle-Substrate Adhesion: From Local Events to Global Dynamics." Physical Review Letters 101.20 (2008).

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