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A novel minimal in vitro system for analyzing HIV-1 Gag mediated budding
, 2014 A biomimetic minimalist model membrane was used to study the mechanism and kinetics of cell-free in vitro HIV-1 Gag budding from a giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV).
Gill, Sarjeet +7 more
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The Influence of high pressure on the bending rigidity of model membranes [PDF]
, 2015 Curvature is a fundamental lipid membrane property that influences many membrane-mediated biological processes and dynamic soft materials. One of the key parameters that determines the energetics of curvature change is the membrane bending rigidity ...
Brooks, NJ +3 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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European Journal of Cell BiologyActin organization is crucial for establishing cell polarity, which influences processes such as directed cell motility and division. Despite its critical role in living organisms, achieving similar polarity in synthetic cells remains challenging.
Andreas Fink +5 more
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Effects of membrane potentials on the electroporation of giant unilamellar vesicles.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Living organisms maintain a resting membrane potential, which plays an important role in various biophysical and biological processes. In the context of medical applications, irreversible electroporation (IRE) is a non-thermal and minimally invasive ...
Md Abdul Wadud +3 more
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Temperature-Promoted Giant Unilamellar Vesicle (GUV) Aggregation: A Way of Multicellular Formation
Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2023 The evolution of unicellular to multicellular life is considered to be an important step in the origin of life, and it is crucial to study the influence of environmental factors on this process through cell models in the laboratory.
Xinmao Wang +4 more
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Alteration in Fluidity of Cell Plasma Membrane in Huntington Disease Revealed by Spectral Phasor Analysis. [PDF]
, 2018 Huntington disease (HD) is a late-onset genetic neurodegenerative disorder caused by expansion of cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) trinucleotide in the exon 1 of the gene encoding the polyglutamine (polyQ).
Digman, Michelle A +3 more
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, 2014 We review the dynamical behavior of giant fluid vesicles in various types of external hydrodynamic flow. The interplay between stresses arising from membrane elasticity, hydrodynamic flows, and the ever present thermal fluctuations leads to a rich ...
Abreu, David +3 more
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Advancing design strategies in smart stimulus‐responsive liposomes for drug release and nanomedicine
BMEMat, EarlyView.Schematic illustration of stimulus‐responsive liposomes designed for controlled drug release and nanomedicine. The innermost circle represents different liposomal structures, including unilamellar, multilamellar, and multivesicular liposomes. The middle layer illustrates the responsive phospholipid components.
Yuchen Guo +9 more
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