title: Effect of protein shape on multibody interactions between membrane inclusions.
abstract: The elastic interaction of membrane inclusions provides one of the simplest physical realizations of multibody forces. Here we show how the cross-sectional shape of the inclusion greatly changes the character of the interaction, and illustrates a pattern formation mechanism. The formalism provides a transparent framework for modeling bilayer-inclusion boundary effects on the multibody interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate Group in Theoretical Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. kkim@nature.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oster
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004548:Elasticity; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins