Cell membrane fluidity: molecular modeling of particle aggregations seen in electron microscopy.
The first simulation of the fluid mosaic model is reported. Intra-membrane particles, initially "placed" randomly in a membrane with fluid properties, are allowed to diffuse in the plane of the membrane and to interact with one another, in a model using molecular parameters. The resulting particle aggregates are very similar to those observed in freeze-fracture electron microscopy.
D004058:Diffusion; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D006801:Humans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008954:Models, Biological; D014783:Viscosity
D008567:Membranes, Artificial