A team of scientists led by Susanne Franziska Fenz have used the adhesion of giant unilamellar vesicles to supported bilayers to mimic ligand–receptor mediated cell-cell adhesion. The team investigated the effect of varying the concentration of receptors (neutravidin on the bilayer) and ligands (biotin on the vesicle) on the adhesion and the organization of receptors in the adhesion zone. Interested to know more? Download and read the article for free for a limited time.
Susanne Franziska Fenz, Ana-Sunčana Smith, Rudolf Merkel and Kheya Sengupta, Soft Matter, 2011, DOI:10.1039/C0SM00550A.
