Changes in lipid density induce membrane curvature
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Changes in lipid density induce membrane curvature.
Highly curved bilayer lipid membranes make up the shell of many intra- and extracellular compartments, including organelles and vesicles. Using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations, we show that increasing the density of lipids in the bilayer membrane can induce the membrane to form a curved shape.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: RSC Advances
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2046-2069
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42332h