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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
Patches (lateral heterogeneities) of cell surface membrane proteins and lipids have been imaged by a number of different microscopy techniques. This patchiness has been taken as evidence for the organization of membranes into domains whose composition differs from the average for the entire membrane. However, the mechanism and specificity of patch formation are not understood. Here we show how vesicle traffic to and from a cell surface membrane can create patches of molecules of the size observed experimentally. Our computer model takes into account lateral diffusion, barriers to lateral diffusion, and vesicle traffic to and from the plasma membrane. Neither barriers nor vesicle traffic alone create and maintain patches. Only the combination of these produces a dynamic but persistent patchiness of membrane proteins and lipids.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3163-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A model for membrane patchiness: lateral diffusion in the presence of barriers and vesicle traffic.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.