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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1213| Title: | Active fusion and fission processes on a fluid membrane |
| Authors: | Rao, Madan Sarasij, R.C. |
| Issue Date: | 17-Sep-2001 |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2001, Vol.87, 128101 |
| Abstract: | We investigate the steady states and dynamical instabilities resulting from “particles” depositing on (fusion) and pinching off (fission) a fluid membrane. These particles could be either small lipid vesicles or isolated proteins. In the stable case, such fusion/fission events suppress long wavelength fluctuations of the membrane. In the unstable case, the membrane shoots out long tubular structures reminiscent of endosomal compartments or folded structures which bear a morphological resemblance to internal membranes of the cell. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1213 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 1079-7114 (online) |
| Alternative Location: | http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v87/i12/e128101 |
| Copyright: | (2001) by the American Physical Society |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (TP) |
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