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Communications Biology, 2021 By encapsulating proteins in giant unilamellar vesicles, Bashirzadeh et al find that actin crosslinkers, α-actinin and fascin, can self-assemble with actin into complex structures that depend on the degree of confinement.
Yashar Bashirzadeh +9 more
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Generation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) Using Polyacrylamide Gels
Bio-Protocol, 2020 Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are a widely used model system for a range of applications including membrane biophysics, drug delivery, and the study of actin dynamics.
Eric Parigoris +2 more
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A Note on Vestigial Osmotic Pressure
Membranes, 2023 Recent experiments have indicated that at least a part of the osmotic pressure across the giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) membrane was balanced by the rapid formation of the monodisperse daughter vesicles inside the GUVs through an endocytosis-like ...
Hao Wu +2 more
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Membrane sculpting by curved DNA origami scaffolds
Nature Communications, 2018 BAR domain proteins feature a “banana-like” shape which is thought to aid membrane scaffolding and membrane tubulation. Here authors use DNA origami mimicking BAR domains, giant unilamellar vesicles and fluorescence imaging to study how different BAR ...
Henri G. Franquelim +4 more
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Deciphering the Assembly of Enveloped Viruses Using Model Lipid Membranes
Membranes, 2022 The cell plasma membrane is mainly composed of phospholipids, cholesterol and embedded proteins, presenting a complex interface with the environment.
Erwan Brémaud +2 more
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.A membrane‐penetrating molecular device composed of triplex containing cholesterol‐modified acyclic L‐threoninol nucleic acid (L‐aTNA) was achieved. This device is applied to a photo‐triggered signal transduction system functioning on giant unilamellar vesicles. Abstract Membrane‐penetrating molecular devices are valuable biological tools.
Kaifu Liu +2 more
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Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films with a Focus on Vesicles with High Cholesterol Content. [PDF]
Membranes (Basel)Giant 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.
Mardešić I, Boban Z, Raguz M.
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Journal of Lipid Research, 2002 Interactions of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) with cell membranes appear to be important in the initial steps of reverse cholesterol transport. The objective of this work was to examine the effect of three distinct conformations of apoA-I (lipid-free and ...
M. Alejandra Tricerri +5 more
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Charge-induced phase separation in lipid membranes [PDF]
, 2014 The phase separation in lipid bilayers that include negatively charged lipids is examined experimentally. We observed phase-separated structures and determined the membrane miscibility temperatures in several binary and ternary lipid mixtures of ...
Andelman, David +5 more
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Data in Brief, 2021 The data provided with this paper are confocal fluorescence images of symmetric giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and asymmetric giant unilamellar vesicles (aGUVs).
Thais A. Enoki +3 more
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