{
  "id": 9086964,
  "title": "Emergent catch bonds from slip-like contacts: cooperative force-driven proofreading at receptor--ligand interfaces",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/emergent-catch-bonds-from-slip-like-contacts-cooperative-force-driven",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.15.751850v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mechanical forces modulate receptor-ligand kinetics, sometimes producing the so-called catch bond: a tensile force strengthens the bond, whereas in most cases engagement time is reduced (a slip bond). Multiple phenomenological models reproduce catch-slip behavior between receptors and ligands, primarily by positing how the reaction's free-energy landscape changes under applied forces. In this…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}