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Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 Alcohol affects many neuronal proteins that are upstream or down-stream of synaptic vesicle fusion and neurotransmitter release. Less well studied is alcohol’s effect on the fusion machinery including SNARE proteins and lipid membranes.
Robert E. Coffman +6 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 A single particle observation of quantum dots (QDs) was performed on lipid bilayers formed on graphene oxide (GO). The long-range fluorescence quenching of GO has been applied to biosensing for various biomolecules.
Yoshiaki Okamoto +2 more
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Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation: Beyond Vesicle Fusion
Langmuir, 2020 Supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) are cell-membrane-mimicking platforms that can be formed on solid surfaces and integrated with a wide range of surface-sensitive measurement techniques. SLBs are useful for unravelling details of fundamental membrane biology and biophysics as well as for various medical, biotechnology, and environmental science ...
Joshua A. Jackman, Nam-Joon Cho
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Fusion of biomimetic stealth probes into lipid bilayer cores [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009 Many biomaterials are designed to regulate the interactions between artificial and natural surfaces. However, when materials are inserted through the cell membrane itself the interface formed between the interior edge of the membrane and the material surface is not well understood and poorly controlled.
Almquist, Benjamin D. +1 more
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Biophysical characterization and membrane interaction of the two fusion loops of glycoprotein B from herpes simplex type I virus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The molecular mechanism of entry of herpesviruses requires a multicomponent fusion system. Cell invasion by Herpes simplex virus (HSV) requires four virally encoded glycoproteins: namely gD, gB and gH/gL.
Annarita Falanga +8 more
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HIV Fusion Peptides Significantly Soften Lipid Bilayers [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2010 The fusion peptide (FP) of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is found on N-terminus of the viral envelope glycoprotein gp41 and is believed to play an important role in the virus entry process. In order to understand the immediate effect of this peptide on the cell membrane we have studied the influence of the synthetic fusion peptide residue FP ...
Shchelokovskyy, Pavlo +3 more
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Cells, 2022 It is well established that plant thylakoid membranes (TMs), in addition to a bilayer, contain two isotropic lipid phases and an inverted hexagonal (HII) phase.
Ondřej Dlouhý +14 more
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Voltage Sensing in Bacterial Protein Translocation [PDF]
, 2020 The bacterial channel SecYEG efficiently translocates both hydrophobic and hydrophilic proteins across the plasma membrane. Translocating polypeptide chains may dislodge the plug, a half helix that blocks the permeation of small molecules, from its ...
Bondar, Ana-Nicoleta +5 more
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A Coiled-Coil Peptide Shaping Lipid Bilayers upon Fusion [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2016 A system based on two designed peptides, namely the cationic peptide K, (KIAALKE)3, and its complementary anionic counterpart called peptide E, (EIAALEK)3, has been used as a minimal model for membrane fusion, inspired by SNARE proteins. Although the fact that docking of separate vesicle populations via the formation of a dimeric E/K coiled-coil ...
Rabe, M. +10 more
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Nanoporous silica-based protocells at multiple scales for designs of life and nanomedicine. [PDF]
, 2015 Various protocell models have been constructed de novo with the bottom-up approach. Here we describe a silica-based protocell composed of a nanoporous amorphous silica core encapsulated within a lipid bilayer built by self-assembly that provides for ...
Brinker, C Jeffrey +3 more
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