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Segregation of receptor-ligand complexes in cell adhesion zones: Phase diagrams and role of thermal membrane roughness
Bartosz Rozycki, Reinhard Lipowsky, Thomas R. Weikl
The adhesion zone of immune cells, the 'immunological synapse', exhibits characteristic domains of receptor-ligand complexes. The domain formation is likely caused by a length diff…
Adhesion of membranes via receptor-ligand complexes: Domain formation, binding cooperativity, and active processes
Thomas R. Weikl, Mesfin Asfaw, Heinrich Krobath +2
Cell membranes interact via anchored receptor and ligand molecules. Central questions on cell adhesion concern the binding affinity of these membrane-anchored molecules, the mechan…
Binding cooperativity of membrane adhesion receptors
Heinrich Krobath, Bartosz Rozycki, Reinhard Lipowsky +1
The adhesion of cells is mediated by receptors and ligands anchored in apposing membranes. A central question is how to characterize the binding affinity of these membrane-anchored…
Effective surface interactions mediated by adhesive particles
Bartosz Rozycki, Reinhard Lipowsky, Thomas R. Weikl
In biomimetic and biological systems, interactions between surfaces are often mediated by adhesive molecules, nanoparticles, or colloids dispersed in the surrounding solution. We p…
Stable patterns of membrane domains at corrugated substrates
Bartosz Rozycki, Thomas R. Weikl, Reinhard Lipowsky
Multi-component membranes such as ternary mixtures of lipids and cholesterol can exhibit coexistence regions between two liquid phases. When such membranes adhere to a corrugated s…
Membrane adhesion via competing receptor/ligand bonds
Mesfin Asfaw, Bartosz Rozycki, Reinhard Lipowsky +1
The adhesion of biological membranes is controlled by various types of receptor and ligand molecules. In this letter, we present a statistical-mechanical model for membranes that i…