Dynamic heterogeneity and non-Gaussian statistics for acetylcholine receptors on live cell membrane

W. He; H. Song; Y. Su; L. Geng; B. J. Ackerson; H. B. Peng; P. Tong

doi:10.1038/ncomms11701

Nature Communications (May 2016)

Dynamic heterogeneity and non-Gaussian statistics for acetylcholine receptors on live cell membrane

W. He,
H. Song,
Y. Su,
L. Geng,
B. J. Ackerson,
H. B. Peng,
P. Tong

Affiliations

W. He: Nano Science and Technology Program, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
H. Song: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Y. Su: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
L. Geng: Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B. J. Ackerson: Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University
H. B. Peng: Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
P. Tong: Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11701
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Molecular motion in living cells is known to be more complicated than those determined solely by thermal equilibrium, but a quantitative analysis is still missing. Here, He et al. quantify the lateral motion of proteins on live muscle cell membranes, which doesn’t follow the normal Brownian diffusion.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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