Frontiers in Physics (Sep 2020)

Budding and Fission of Membrane Vesicles: A Mini Review

  • Samo Penič,
  • Luka Mesarec,
  • Miha Fošnarič,
  • Lucyna Mrówczyńska,
  • Henry Hägerstrand,
  • Veronika Kralj-Iglič,
  • Veronika Kralj-Iglič,
  • Aleš Iglič,
  • Aleš Iglič,
  • Aleš Iglič

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2020.00342
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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In this mini-review, a brief historical survey of the mechanisms which determine the shapes of liposomes and cells and the budding and fission of their membrane is presented. Special attention is given to the role of orientational ordering of membrane components in thin membrane necks which connect the membrane buds (daughter vesicles) to the parent membrane. It is indicated that topological anti-defects in membrane necks may induce the rupture of the neck and the fission of the membrane daughter vesicles.

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