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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.
Marija Raguž +2 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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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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Micromachines, 2017 A giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV), with similar properties to cellular membrane, has been widely studied. Electroformation with its simplicity and accessibility has become the most common method for GUV production.
Jun Yang, Ning Hu, Ning Hu
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Electroformation of Giant Vesicles on a Polymer Mesh
Membranes, 2011 Electroformation of cell-sized lipid membrane vesicles (giant vesicles, GVs) from egg yolk phosphatidylcholine under applied electric voltage was examined on a substrate of a polymer mesh placed between two planar indium tin oxide coated glass electrodes.
Yukihisa Okumura
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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.
Yukihisa Okumura
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Effect of Counter Electrode in Electroformation of Giant Vesicles
Membranes, 2011 Electroformation of cell-sized lipid membrane vesicles (giant vesicles, GVs), from egg yolk phosphatidylcholine, was examined varying the shape of the counter electrode.
Yukihisa Okumura
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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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Scientific Reports, 2021 Transbilayer movement of phospholipids in biological membranes is mediated by a diverse set of lipid transporters. Among them are scramblases that facilitate a rapid bi-directional movement of lipids without metabolic energy input. Here, we established a
Patricia P. M. Mathiassen +2 more
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International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2010 Comparative studies of the electrochemical behaviour of Ag in aqueous NaCl, NaBr and NaI solutions of various concentrations ranging from 0.1 M to 1.0 M have been made by means of cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques, complemented with SEM
Hamdy H. Hassan +3 more
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