Physics puzzles on membrane domains posed by cell biology

Pierre-François Lenne; Alice Nicolas

doi:10.1039/B822956B

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Physics puzzles on membrane domains posed by cell biology

Pierre-François Lenne and Alice Nicolas

Soft Matter, 2009, 5, 2841-2848

DOI: 10.1039/B822956B
Received 19 Dec 2008, Accepted 17 Apr 2009
First published on the web 02 Jun 2009

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Clusters, rafts, nanodomains, and patches are names frequently used to depict cell membranes. This wide vocabulary emphasizes the heterogeneous organization of membrane constituents, which is essential for cellular functions such as signalling, trafficking and adhesion. Despite their diversity, cell membrane domains might share similar physical grounds. In an attempt to integrate them in a general framework, we review here recent studies on domains in adhering and non-adhering membranes. We show that a broad range of biological studies challenged the concepts of membrane physics at thermodynamic equilibrium and enriched the classical physical-chemistry approaches on model systems.

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