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Biophysical Journal 67: 746-750 (1994)
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Self-assembly of membrane junctions.

R Bruinsma, M Goulian and P Pincus

Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106-9530.

ABSTRACT

We present a mechanism for the aggregation of mobile intermembrane junctions, such as the connexon dyad of gap junctions. The model demonstrates that intermembrane repulsion provides a powerful self-assembly pressure. If the membrane repulsion is strong enough to prevent membrane adhesion, then the self-assembly pressure is of effective infinite range.






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