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Bending Rigidity, Capacitance, and Shear Viscosity of Giant Vesicle Membranes Prepared by Spontaneous Swelling, Electroformation, Gel-Assisted, and Phase Transfer Methods: A Comparative Study. [PDF]

Langmuir, 2022
Faizi HA, Tsui A, Dimova R, Vlahovska PM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A distinct giant coat protein complex II vesicle population in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Plants, 2021
Baiying Li, Yonglun Zeng, Wenhan Cao, Wenxin Zhang, Lixin Cheng, Haidi Yin, Qian Wu, Xiangfeng Wang, Yan-Bei Huang, W. Lau, Z. Yao, Yusong Guo, Liwen Jiang   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

In Vitro Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT is Regulated by Negative Feedback from Membrane Tension

iScience, 2019
Summary: Artificial cells can shed new light on the molecular basis for life and hold potential for new chemical technologies. Inspired by how nature dynamically regulates its membrane compartments, we aim to repurpose the endosomal sorting complex ...
Andrew Booth, Christopher J. Marklew, Barbara Ciani, Paul A. Beales   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Membrane Disintegration Caused by the Steroid Saponin Digitonin Is Related to the Presence of Cholesterol

Molecules, 2015
In the present investigation we studied the molecular mechanisms of the monodesmosidic saponin digitonin on natural and artificial membranes. We measured the hemolytic activity of digitonin on red blood cells (RBCs). Also different lipid membrane models (
Ikhwan Resmala Sudji, Yamunadevi Subburaj, Nataliya Frenkel, Ana J. García-Sáez, Michael Wink   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of the Inverted Emulsion Method for High‐Yield Production of Biomimetic Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

ChemBioChem, 2019
In the field of bottom‐up synthetic biology, lipid vesicles provide an important role in the construction of artificial cells. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), due to their membrane's similarity to natural biomembranes, have been widely used as ...
Akanksha Moga, N. Yandrapalli, R. Dimova, T. Robinson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficiency of transcription and translation of cell-free protein synthesis systems in cell-sized lipid vesicles with changing lipid composition determined by fluorescence measurements

Scientific Reports
To develop artificial cell models that mimic living cells, cell-sized lipid vesicles encapsulating cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) systems are useful for protein expressions or artificial gene circuits for vesicle–vesicle communications.
Akari Miwa, Masatoshi Wakamori, Tetsuro Ariyoshi, Yasushi Okada, Mikako Shirouzu, Takashi Umehara, Koki Kamiya   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Curvature‐Assisted Vesicle Explosion Under Light‐Induced Asymmetric Oxidation

Advanced Science
Exposure of cell membranes to reactive oxygen species can cause oxidation of membrane lipids. Oxidized lipids undergo drastic conformational changes, compromising the mechanical integrity of the membrane and causing cell death.
Vinit Kumar Malik, On Shun Pak, Jie Feng
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstitution of circadian clock in synthetic cells reveals principles of timekeeping

Nature Communications
The cyanobacterial circadian clock maintains remarkable precision and synchrony, even in cells with femtoliter volumes. Here, we reconstitute the KaiABC post-translational oscillator (PTO) in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) to investigate underlying ...
Alexander Zhan Tu Li, Andy LiWang, Anand Bala Subramaniam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional reconstitution of plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase into giant unilamellar vesicles

Scientific Reports
Membrane 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, Ekaterina Malysenko, Bo H. Justesen, Thomas Günther Pomorski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomic and structural insights into Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland

eLife
Giant viruses of protists are a diverse and likely ubiquitous group of organisms. Here, we describe Jyvaskylavirus, the first giant virus isolated from Finland.
Gabriel Magno de Freitas Almeida, Iker Arriaga, Bruna Luiza de Azevedo, Miika Leppänen, Jonatas S Abrahão, Julien Andreani, Davide Zabeo, Janne J Ravantti, Nicola GA Abrescia, Lotta-Riina Sundberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source