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Difference in molecular mechanisms governing changes in membrane properties of phospholipid bilayers induced by addition of nonionic and zwitterionic surfactants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We investigated how nonionic surfactants (1-dodecanol, dodecyl methyl ester, and dodecanoic acid) and zwitterionic surfactants (N,N-dimethyldodecylamine N-oxide, and 1-lauroyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine) change the physicochemical ...
Sakiho Kitou   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Sensing Hydration of Biomimetic Cell Membranes

open access: yesBiosensors, 2021
Biological membranes play a vital role in cell functioning, providing structural integrity, controlling signal transduction, and controlling the transport of various chemical species.
Madhurima Chattopadhyay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Interaction of a New Antibacterial Polymer with a Supported Lipid Bilayer Measured by an in situ Label-Free Optical Technique [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The interaction of the antibacterial polymer–branched poly(ethylene imine) substituted with quaternary ammonium groups, PEO and alkyl chains, PEI25QI5J5A815–with a solid supported lipid bilayer was investigated using surface sensitive optical waveguide ...
Éva Kiss   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Controlled delivery of membrane proteins to artificial lipid bilayers by nystatin-ergosterol modulated vesicle fusion

open access: yes, 2006
The study of ion channels and other membrane proteins and their potential use as biosensors and drug screening targets require their reconstitution in an artificial membrane.
Zagnoni, M   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Lipid/water interface of galactolipid bilayers in different lyotropic liquid-crystalline phases

open access: yesFrontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022
In this study, carried out using computational methods, the organisation of the lipid/water interface of bilayers composed of galactolipids with both α-linolenoyl acyl chains is analysed and compared in three different lyotropic liquid-crystalline phases.
Jakub Hryc   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electrostatics of lipid bilayer bending

open access: yesBiophysical Journal, 1997
The electrostatic contribution to spontaneous membrane curvature is calculated within Poisson-Boltzmann theory under a variety of assumptions and emphasizing parameters in the physiological range. Asymmetric surface charges, either fixed with respect to bilayer midplane area, or with respect to the lipid-water area both induce curvature but of opposite
Chou, T., Jarić, M.V., Siggia, E.D.
openaire   +3 more sources

Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles trapped in lipid bilayers: Size distribution, bilayer phase behavior, and optical properties

open access: yesJournal of Nanobiotechnology, 2008
Background Lipid-based dispersion of nanoparticles provides a biologically inspired route to designing therapeutic agents and a means of reducing nanoparticle toxicity.
Bothun Geoffrey D
doaj   +1 more source

Insights into Polyphenol–Lipid Interactions: Chemical Methods, Molecular Aspects and Their Effects on Membrane Structures

open access: yesPlants, 2022
Plant polyphenols have many potential applications, for example, in the fields of chemical ecology and human and animal health and nutrition. These biological benefits are related to their bioavailability, bioaccessibility and interactions with other ...
Maarit Karonen
doaj   +1 more source

Functional tethered lipid bilayers

open access: yesReviews in Molecular Biotechnology, 2000
Our strategy to provide the structural basis for the build-up of functional tethered membranes focuses on three approaches: the first one is based on the pre-organization of a monomolecular layer of a lipopolymer at the water/air interface which is then transferred to a solid support.
Knoll, W.   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Binding Orientations and Lipid Interactions of Human Amylin at Zwitterionic and Anionic Lipid Bilayers

open access: yesJournal of Diabetes Research, 2016
Increasing evidence suggests that the interaction of human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) with lipids may facilitate hIAPP aggregation and cause the death of pancreatic islet β-cells.
Zhenyu Qian, Yan Jia, Guanghong Wei
doaj   +1 more source

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