Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films Formed by Vesicle Fusion [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are artificial membrane models which are of special interest to researchers because of their similarity in size to eukaryotic cells. The most commonly used method for GUVs production is electroformation.
Zvonimir Boban +5 more
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Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Films in Conditions Involving High Cholesterol Contents, Charged Lipids, and Saline Solutions [PDF]
MembranesGiant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are frequently used as membrane models in studies of membrane properties. They are most often produced using the electroformation method.
Ivan Mardešić +2 more
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Optimization of Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Electroformation for Phosphatidylcholine/Sphingomyelin/Cholesterol Ternary Mixtures [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 Artificial vesicles are important tools in membrane research because they enable studying membrane properties in controlled conditions. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are specially interesting due to their similarity in size to eukaryotic cells.
Zvonimir Boban +4 more
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Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films with a Focus on Vesicles with High Cholesterol Content [PDF]
MembranesGiant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are membrane models used to study membrane properties. Electroformation is one of the methods used to produce GUVs. During electroformation protocol, dry lipid film is formed.
Ivan Mardešić +2 more
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Functional reconstitution of plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase into giant unilamellar vesicles [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMembrane transporters are essential for numerous biological processes by controlling the movement of ions and molecules across cell membranes. However, dissecting their molecular dynamics in complex cellular environments presents significant challenges ...
Huriye D. Uzun +3 more
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The impact of sphingomyelin and cholesterol on ordered lipid domain formation in the bovine milk fat globule membrane using artificial giant unilamellar vesicles as a model [PDF]
JDS CommunicationsGiant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) bilayers were constructed from polar lipids and cholesterol by electroformation as a model system to investigate the formation of ordered lipid domains (OLD) within the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM).
Haotian Zheng +2 more
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Control of artificial membrane fusion in physiological ionic solutions beyond the limits of electroformation [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsMembrane fusion, merging two lipid bilayers, is crucial for fabricating artificial membrane structures. Over the past 40 years, in contrast to precise and controllable membrane fusion in-vivo through specific molecules such as SNAREs, controlling the ...
Bong Kyu Kim +7 more
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Membranes, 2021 Since its inception more than thirty years ago, electroformation has become the most commonly used method for growing giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). Although the method seems quite straightforward at first, researchers must consider the interplay of ...
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Bio-Protocol, 2022 Transbilayer movement of phospholipids in biological membranes is mediated by a diverse set of lipid transporters. Among them are scramblases that facilitate rapid bi-directional movement of lipids without metabolic energy input.
Patricia Mathiassen +1 more
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Membranes, 2011 Electroformation of cell-sized lipid membrane vesicles (giant vesicles, GVs) from egg yolk phosphatidylcholine was examined using a poly(ethylene terephthalate) sheet coated with indium tin oxide (ITO-PET) as the electrode material.
Yuuichi Iwata, Yukihisa Okumura
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