ADHESION-INDUCED VESICLE PROPULSION

Authors
DURAND I JONSON P MISBAH C VALANCE A KASSNER K
Citation
I. Durand et al., ADHESION-INDUCED VESICLE PROPULSION, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 56(4), 1997, pp. 3776-3779
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
56
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3776 - 3779
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)56:4<3776:AVP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We study theoretically vesicle locomotion. We show how adhesion may le ad to vesicle propulsion. The problem is fully solved numerically and an analytical solution is obtained in a perturbative scheme. The analy tical result reproduces the numerical one. We provide an expression fo r the drift velocity as a function of relevant parameters. We discuss how a vesicle or a cell could establish itself this motion from physic ochemical concepts, while its environment could be initially homogeneo us. We suggest experimental protocols.