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arXiv:cond-mat/0512514 (cond-mat)
[Submitted on 20 Dec 2005]

Title:Adhesion of membranes via actively switched receptors

Authors:Bartosz Rozycki, Reinhard Lipowsky, Thomas R. Weikl
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Abstract: We consider a theoretical model for membranes with adhesive receptors, or stickers, that are actively switched between two conformational states. In their 'on'-state, the stickers bind to ligands in an apposing membrane, whereas they do not interact with the ligands in their 'off'-state. We show that the adhesiveness of the membranes depends sensitively on the rates of the conformational switching process. This dependence is reflected in a resonance at intermediate switching rates, which can lead to large membrane separations and unbinding. Our results may provide insights into novel mechanisms for the controlled adhesion of biological or biomimetic membranes.
Comments: 5 pages, 6 figures; to appear in Physical Review Letters
Subjects: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); Subcellular Processes (q-bio.SC)
Cite as: arXiv:cond-mat/0512514 [cond-mat.soft]
  (or arXiv:cond-mat/0512514v1 [cond-mat.soft] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/0512514

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From: Thomas R. Weikl [view email]
[v1] Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:22:23 UTC (981 KB)
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