Fig. 4.
Phase diagram of the system representing the different regimes of the aggregate assembly–disassembly corresponding to different ranges of the system parameters, which are the density of the points of force application along the aggregate length ϕf, the density of the points of the aggregate anchoring to the substrate ϕA, and the dimensionless parameter χ = (f·l0)/(Δμ0), characterizing the ratio between the molecular energy provided by an elementary pulling force, f·l0, and the difference of the protein standard chemical potentials in the aggregated and free states, Δμ0.