Vesicle deformation by microtubules: A phase diagram
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 58 (4), 4807-4810
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.58.4807
Abstract
The experimental investigation of vesicles deformed by the growth of encapsulated microtubules shows that the axisymmetric morphologies can be classified into ovals, lemons, cherries, dumbbells, and pearls. A geometrical phase diagram is established. Numerical minimization of the elastic energy of the membrane reproduces satisfactorily well the observed morphologies and the corresponding phase diagram.
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