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Fluctuation spectroscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal and phase contrast microscopy [PDF]
bioRxiv, 2020 A widely used method to measure the bending rigidity of bilayer membranes is fluctuation spectroscopy, which analyses the thermally-driven membrane undulations of giant unilamellar vesicles recorded with either phase-contrast or confocal microscopy. Here,
H. Faizi +4 more
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Pulling Membrane Nanotubes from Giant Unilamellar Vesicles [PDF]
Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017 The reshaping of the cell membrane is an integral part of many cellular phenomena, such as endocytosis, trafficking, the formation of filopodia, etc. Many different proteins associate with curved membranes because of their ability to sense or induce membrane curvature.
Prévost, Coline +3 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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Shape Transformations of Lipid Vesicles by Insertion of Bulky-Head Lipids. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Lipid vesicles, in particular Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs), have been increasingly important as compartments of artificial cells to reconstruct living cell-like systems in a bottom-up fashion.
Soichiro Tsuda +4 more
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bioRxiv, 2021 Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are micrometer-sized model membrane systems that can be viewed directly under the microscope. They serve as scaffolds for the bottom-up creation of synthetic cells, targeted drug delivery and have been used in many in ...
Nicolas Dolder +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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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
P. Mathiassen +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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Light-Triggered Cargo Loading and Division of DNA-Containing Giant Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles
Nano letters (Print), 2021 A minimal synthetic cell should contain a substrate for information storage and have the capability to divide. Notable efforts were made to assemble functional synthetic cells from the bottom up, however often lacking the capability to reproduce.
Yannik Dreher +3 more
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