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Springer (part of Springer Nature), European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters, 5(37), p. 665-671

DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0304-1

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The influence of curvature on membrane domains

Journal article published in 2008 by Jeremy Pencer, Andrew Jackson, Norbert Kucerka, Mu-Ping Nieh ORCID, John Katsaras
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Abstract

An interdependence between local curvature and domain formation has been observed in both cell and model membranes. An implication of this observation is that domain formation in model membranes may be modulated by membrane curvature. In this paper, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is used to examine the influence of membrane curvature (i.e., vesicle size) on the formation of membrane domains. It is found that, although vesicle size and polydispersity are not significantly altered by the formation of membrane domains, the area fraction occupied by domains depends on the overall vesicle size. In particular, increasing membrane curvature (i.e., decreasing vesicle size) results in increased area fractions of membrane domains.