THE IMPORTANCE OF BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES IN TEACHING BIOPHYSICS

Abstract

«When binding does not modify the membrane properties and the transfer rates among the three states are cyclically symmetric, the membrane exhibits spiral-wave and homogeneouscycling modes at high and low binding rates, respectively, as in an off-lattice cyclic Potts model.» «When binding changes the membrane spontaneous curvature, these spatiotemporal dynamics are coupled with microphase separation. When two symmetric membrane surfaces are in thermal equilibrium. In nonequilibrium conditions, moving biphasic domains and time-irreversible fluctuating patterns appear. The domains move ballistically or diffusively depending on the conditions.»