Bending stiffness of membrane
| Value | 10 kBT |
|---|---|
| Organism | Generic |
| Reference | Wingreen NS, Huang KC. Physics of Intracellular Organization in Bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2015 Oct 15 69: 361-79. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-091014-104313. p.363 2nd paragraphPubMed ID26488278 |
| Primary Source | Rawicz W, Olbrich KC, McIntosh T, Needham D, Evans E. 2000. Effect of chain length and unsaturation on elasticity of lipid bilayers. Biophys. J. 79: 328–39 & Wiggins P, Phillips R. 2005. Membrane-protein interactions in mechanosensitive channels. Biophys. J. 88: 880–902PubMed ID10866959, 15542561 |
| Comments | p.363 2nd paragraph:"Polymers can have bending stiffnesses that vary over orders of magnitude owing to differences in the polymerization interface and cross-sectional area (ref 13), whereas membranes typically have κ ∼ 10 kBT (primary sources)." See BNID 104702 |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 112085 |