Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Gating-by-tilt of mechanosensitive membrane channels   We propose an alternative mechanism for the gating of biological membrane
channels in response to membrane tension that involves a change in the slope of
the membrane near the channel. Under biological membrane tensions we show that
the energy difference between the closed (tilted) and open (untilted) states
can far exceed kBT and is comparable to what is available under simple
ilational gating. Recent experiments demonstrate that membrane leaflet
asymmetries (spontaneous curvature) can strong effect the gating of some
channels. Such a phenomenon would be more easy to explain under gating-by-tilt,
given its novel intrinsic sensitivity to such asymmetry.

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The categories of this paper are: acc-phys
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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The categories of this paper are: cs
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: hep-th
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: chao-dyn
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: hep-lat
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: q-fin
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex