Figure 2
From: Lipid membrane-mediated attraction between curvature inducing objects
The effect of particle linker density on the membrane wrapping state.
(a) Fluorescence signal of a non-wrapped particle (green) and a membrane (magenta). The separate fluorescence signals of the membrane and particle are displayed in (b,c), respectively. In (d–f) the wrapped state is displayed analogously. The scale bar is 1 μm. (g) Fraction of wrapped particles as a function of linker density on floppy membranes (blue triangles, membrane tension σ < 10 nN/m) and tense membranes (red circles, σ > 1 μN/m). The solid line is the analytic model at σ = 0 derived from Equation 1 via the Boltzmann factor. Horizontal error bars show the spread (one standard deviation) in linker density.
