We present a coarse grained model for computer simulations of lipid mixtures, which we use to study generic mechanisms for the formation of nanoscale membrane structures (lipid rafts). We observe that even a two component system can separate into rafts of finite size, and we study these rafts and other membrane structures in detail. We look at the characteristics of our model that enable these phenomena and how they may relate to lipid-cholesterol or lipid-lipid mixtures. We propose an explanation for our findings using elastic theory to describe a possible mechanism of raft stabilization via curvature differences between coexisting lipid phases and we investigate whether this theory can be used to explain the results of our computer simula...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
We present a coarse grained model for computer simulations of lipid mixtures, which we use to study ...
AbstractWe present computer simulations of a membrane in which the local composition is coupled to t...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
AbstractWe present computer simulations of a membrane in which the local composition is coupled to t...
Membrane curvature controls the spatial organization and activity of cells. Lipid sorting in cell me...
A model of lipid bilayers made of a mixture of two lipids with different average compositions on bot...
International audienceA model of lipid bilayers made of a mixture of two lipids with different avera...
Cell membranes are constitutively composed of thousands of different lipidic species, whose specific...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
We present a coarse grained model for computer simulations of lipid mixtures, which we use to study ...
AbstractWe present computer simulations of a membrane in which the local composition is coupled to t...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
Cell membranes contain a large number of different lipid species. Such a multicomponent mixture exhi...
AbstractWe present computer simulations of a membrane in which the local composition is coupled to t...
Membrane curvature controls the spatial organization and activity of cells. Lipid sorting in cell me...
A model of lipid bilayers made of a mixture of two lipids with different average compositions on bot...
International audienceA model of lipid bilayers made of a mixture of two lipids with different avera...
Cell membranes are constitutively composed of thousands of different lipidic species, whose specific...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...
The paradigm of biological membranes has recently gone through a major update. Instead of being flui...