A multiscale approach to curvature modulated sorting in biological membranes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 301, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-82

  Mercker, M ^a   Ptashnyk, M ^b,d   Kuhnle J ^a   Hartmann, D ^a   Weiss, M ^c   Jager W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaussian rigidity; Lipid bilayer; Molecular dynamics; Phase separation; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LIPID;

ELASTIC MODULUS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LIPID; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; UPSCALING;

ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE CURVATURE; CELL SELECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CYTOLOGY; DECOMPOSITION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857613159     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.01.039     Document Type: Article

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