Cell adhesion is a paradigm of the ubiquitous interplay of cell signalling, modulation of
material properties and biological functions of cells. It is controlled by competition of short …

Cell membranes interact via anchored receptor and ligand molecules. Central questions on
cell adhesion concern the binding affinity of these membrane-anchored molecules, the …

Intercellullar junctions formed by cadherins, including desmosomes and adherens junctions,
comprise two dimensional arrays of “trans” dimers formed between monomers emanating …

We report the first measurement of the kinetics of adhesion of a single giant vesicle
controlled by the competition between membrane–substrate interaction mediated by ligand …

The standard view of mechanical adhesive contact is as a competition between a reduction
in free energy when surfaces with bonding potential come into contact and an increase in …

Adhesion processes of biological membranes that enclose cells and cellular organelles are
essential for immune responses, tissue formation, and signaling. These processes depend …

We examine the process of expansion of a focal adhesion complex by which a biological
membrane containing mobile binders adheres to a substrate with complementary binders …

Recent discoveries have established that mechanical properties of the cellular environment
such as its rigidity, geometry, and external stresses play an important role in determining the …

We present a general linear response description of membrane adhesion at rough or
chemically structured surfaces. Our method accounts for nonlocal Van der Waals effects and …

The adhesion zone of immune cells, the'immunological synapse', exhibits characteristic
domains of receptor–ligand complexes. The domain formation is probably caused by a …