Author/Editor		Ziherl, P; Svetina, S
Title		Membrane elasticity molds aggregates of simple cells
Type		članek
Source		Soft Matter
Vol. and No.		Letnik 4, št. 10
Publication year		2008
Volume		str. 1937-42
Language		eng
Abstract		At first glance, quite a few tissues in simple animals or in the early development look similar to an assembly of soap bubbles. The undeniable appeal of this correspondence, the seemingly elementary surface-tension Hamiltonian, and the prospect of a mechanical model of biological structures have fueled research in the field for over a century. However, the correspondence is far from perfect and the Hamiltonian of soap-froth-like systems hard to solve. Yet the prospects of a physical interpretation of the form of some cell aggregates are good.
Descriptors		CELL AGGREGATION CELL ADHESION MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE LIPID BILAYERS ELASTICITY MODELS, THEORETICAL ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE GOLGI APPARATUS ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION BIOPHYSICS