We study the kinetics of specific adhesion of giant vesicles on complemetary (bilayer-decorated) solid surfaces. Tensed vesicles exhibit a single adhesion zone that grows slowly. Floppy vesicles adhere via many small adhesion spots that grow and fuse, merging finally into a large adhesive zone. Using approaches derived from Ref. 12, we show how the progressive mobilization of adhesive molecules (diffusing toward the patch) can explain our experimental observations.
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