Imaging the effects of bend-excitation in the F + CD4(vb=0,1) → DF(v) + CD3(v2=1,2) reactions

Fengyan Wang1, Kopin Liu

  • 1Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica , P.O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan 10617.

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The living membranes are flexible due to their fluid mosaic nature; however, their bending into different shapes is an active process regulated by specific lipids and proteins. The membrane bending can be transient as seen in vesicles or stable for a long time as in microvilli. Cells regulate the size, location, and duration of the membrane curvature.
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