Local Changes in Lipid Composition to Match Membrane Curvature
A continuum mechanical model based on the Helfrich Hamiltonian is devised to investigate the coupling between lipid composition and membrane curvature. Each monolayer in the bilayer is modeled as a freely deformable surface with a director field for lipid orientation. A scalar field for the mole fra...
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| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Molecular Based Mathematical Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mlbmb.2016.4.issue-1/mlbmb-2016-0003/mlbmb-2016-0003.xml?format=INT |