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Surfactant-free production of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles using PDMS-based microfluidics
Communications Chemistry, 2021 The production of giant unilamellar vesicles by microfluidics commonly involves additives, which may interfere with the resultant membrane properties. Here pure lipid GUVs are prepared which exclude residual surfactants and other additives.
Naresh Yandrapalli +3 more
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Membranes, 2023 Giant vesicles (GVs), which are closed lipid bilayer membranes with a diameter of more than 1 μm, have attracted attention not only as model cell membranes but also for the construction of artificial cells.
Yiting Zhang, Haruto Obuchi, Taro Toyota
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Osmotic Shrinkage of Giant Egg-Lecithin Vesicles [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 1980 Osmotic shrinkage of giant egg-lecithin vesicles was observed by phase-contrast microscopy. The vesicles remained or became spherical when shrinking. Small and thick-walled vesicles formed visible fingers attached to the sphere. The water permeability of the single bilayer was found to be 41 micrometers/s.
Boroske, E. +2 more
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Active Membrane Fluctuations Studied by Micropipet Aspiration [PDF]
, 2001 We present a detailed analysis of the micropipet experiments recently reported in J-B. Manneville et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4356--4359 (1999), including a derivation of the expected behaviour of the membrane tension as a function of the areal strain ...
A. N. Radionov +52 more
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Oscillatory phase separation in giant lipid vesicles induced by transmembrane osmotic differentials
eLife, 2014 Giant lipid vesicles are closed compartments consisting of semi-permeable shells, which isolate femto- to pico-liter quantities of aqueous core from the bulk.
Kamila Oglęcka +4 more
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Thermal fluctuations of the lipid membrane determine particle uptake into Giant Unilamellar Vesicles
Nature Communications, 2023 Particulates, bacteria and viruses wrap into cell membranes. Here the authors use optical tweezers, particle tracking and mathematical modelling to show that the uptake process into giant vesicles is influenced by thermal membrane fluctuations.
Yareni A. Ayala +3 more
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The Effect of Solutes on the Temperature of Miscibility Transitions in Multi-component Membranes
, 2017 We address questions posed by experiments which show that most small-chain alcohols reduce the miscibility transition temperature when added to giant plasma membrane vesicles, but increase that temperature when added to giant unilamellar vesicles.
Allender, D. W., Schick, M.
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A minimal biochemical route towards de novo formation of synthetic phospholipid membranes. [PDF]
, 2019 All living cells consist of membrane compartments, which are mainly composed of phospholipids. Phospholipid synthesis is catalyzed by membrane-bound enzymes, which themselves require pre-existing membranes for function.
Bhattacharya, Ahanjit +3 more
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Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.Current interest in artificial cell research underscores its potential to deepen our understanding of life's fundamental processes. This review highlights advances in bottom‐up coacervate‐based artificial cell engineering via combined integration of cellular hallmarks.
Arjan Hazegh Nikroo +3 more
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Bending Elasticity Modulus of Giant Vesicles Composed of Aeropyrum Pernix K1 Archaeal Lipid
Life, 2015 Thermally induced shape fluctuations were used to study elastic properties of giant vesicles composed of archaeal lipids C25,25-archetidyl (glucosyl) inositol and C25,25-archetidylinositol isolated from lyophilised Aeropyrum pernix K1 cells.
Julia Genova +4 more
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