A membrane model is also developed to describe fluid-fluid heterogeneity as a function of the lipid properties in each phase. This model provides useful insight about small membrane domains by suggesting critical domain dimensions, below which domains should be highly unstable entities. The model also shows that previous estimates of line tension in model membranes may be a lower limit and that higher line tensions and the balance between the properties of each phase could drastically alter the kinetics of domain growth. Improvements to the model to include domain budding are also suggested.
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