Effect of protein shape on multibody interactions between membrane inclusions.
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.
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Department of Physics, Graduate Group in Theoretical Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. kkim@nature.berkeley.edu
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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
D008565:Membrane Proteins