Transition Path from Two Apposed Membranes to a Stalk Obtained by a Combination of Particle Simulations and String Method
Marcus Müller, Yuliya G. Smirnova, Giovanni Marelli, Marc Fuhrmans, and An-Chang Shi
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 228103 (2012)
The formation of an hourglass-shaped passage (stalk) connecting two apposed membranes is an essential initial step in membrane fusion. The most probable transition path from two separate membranes to a stalk, i.e., the minimum free-energy path (MFEP), is […]
