Confining Domains Lead to Reaction Bursts: Reaction Kinetics in the Plasma Membrane
Figure 1
The models of reversible dimer formation in the compartmentalized plasma membrane.
a. Schematic illustration of the compartmentalized view of the plasma membrane according to the membrane skeleton fence model [13], and the kinetics of reversible dimer formation as described in the text. The thin lines correspond to the random paths traced by the molecules while diffusing in the membrane. b. illustration of the lattice-based model of diffusion and reaction in two-dimensions (2D) (see the Methods section for details, and Video S1 for an animation based on this model).