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. 2009 Nov 20;5(11):e1000575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000575

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Fabrikant et al.

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The phase boundaries are determined by the characteristic values of the membrane affinity to the protein dome surface, , , and . (A) The total energies of the narrow- and broad- neck configurations are represented by the lines 1 and 2, respectively. (B) The attachment angles in the narrow and broad neck configurations are represented by the lines 1 and 2, respectively, (C) The characteristic affinities depending on the total membrane area . The phase diagrams are divided into four regions corresponding to different regimes of the possible configurations of the system: (I) only broad neck; (II) stable broad neck and quasi-stable narrow neck; (III) stable narrow neck and quasi-stable broad neck; (IV) only narrow neck.

Inline graphic — The phase boundaries are determined by the characteristic values of the membrane affinity to the protein dome surface, , , and . (A) The total energies of the narrow- and broad- neck configurations are represented by the lines 1 and 2, respectively. (B) The attachment angles in the narrow and broad neck configurations are represented by the lines 1 and 2, respectively, (C) The characteristic affinities depending on the total membrane area . The phase diagrams are divided into four regions corresponding to different regimes of the possible configurations of the system: (I) only broad neck; (II) stable broad neck and quasi-stable narrow neck; (III) stable narrow neck and quasi-stable broad neck; (IV) only narrow neck.