Tethers connecting daughter vesicles and parent red blood cell may be formed due to ordering of anisotropic membrane constituents

Authors
Kralj-Iglic, V Iglic, A Bobrowska-Hagerstrand, M Hagerstrand, H
Citation
V. Kralj-iglic et al., Tethers connecting daughter vesicles and parent red blood cell may be formed due to ordering of anisotropic membrane constituents, COLL SURF A, 179(1), 2001, pp. 57-64
Citations number
64
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
ISSN journal
09277757 → ACNP
Volume
179
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
57 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-7757(20010401)179:1<57:TCDVAP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Vesiculation of red blood cells at high alkaline pH was studied experimenta lly and theoretically. It was observed that the red blood cell daughter ves icles can be connected to the parent cell by thin tubes (tethers). It is sh own theoretically that the formation of tethers may be energetically favour able due to the quadrupolar ordering of the anisotropic membrane constituen ts in the strong curvature field of the tethers. (C) 1001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.