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Differential lipid dependence of the function of bacterial sodium channels.

PLoS ONE, 2013
The lipid bilayer is important for maintaining the integrity of cellular compartments and plays a vital role in providing the hydrophobic and charged interactions necessary for membrane protein structure, conformational flexibility and function.
Nazzareno D'Avanzo, Emily C McCusker, Andrew M Powl, Andrew J Miles, Colin G Nichols, B A Wallace   +5 more
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Presumptions: Toward Mechanistic Clarity in Metal‐Free Carbon Catalysts for Electrochemical H2O2 Production via Data Science

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Metal‐free carbon catalysts enable the sustainable synthesis of hydrogen peroxide via two‐electron oxygen reduction; however, active site complexity continues to hinder reliable interpretation. This review critiques correlation‐based approaches and highlights the importance of orthogonal experimental designs, standardized catalyst passports ...
Dayu Zhu, Hsi‐wen Wu, Xiao Wang, Jie Zhang   +3 more
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Sodium channels and mammalian sensory mechanotransduction

Molecular Pain, 2012
Background Members of the degenerin/epithelial (DEG/ENaC) sodium channel family are mechanosensors in C elegans, and Nav1.7 and Nav1.8 voltage-gated sodium channel knockout mice have major deficits in mechanosensation. β and γENaC sodium channel subunits
Raouf Ramin, Rugiero Francois, Kiesewetter Hannes, Hatch Rachel, Hummler Edith, Nassar Mohammed A, Wang Fan, Wood John N   +7 more
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Self‐Assembled Inorganic Nanomembrane Tubes: Rolled‐Up Piezoelectrics for Microacoustic Wave‐Based Actuators and Sensors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates a self‐assembly process to generate free‐standing piezoelectric nanomembranes, forming ultracompact microtubular acoustic wave sensors and actuators. The miniaturized 3D piezoelectric platform reported in this work can be applied in telecommunication, energy harvesting, and acoustofluidics. Moreover, the 3D self‐assembly can add
Raphaël C. L‐M. Doineau, Christian N. Saggau, Stefan Baunack, Thomas Gemming, Yara Abdelaal, Robert Weser, Oliver G. Schmidt, Hagen Schmidt, Andreas Winkler, Mariana Medina‐Sánchez   +9 more
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Voltage-gated sodium channels: biophysics, pharmacology, and related channelopathies

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2012
Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSC) are multi-molecular protein complexes expressed in both excitable and non-excitable cells. They are primarily formed by a pore-forming multi-spanning integral membrane glycoprotein (α-subunit) that can be associated ...
Eleonora eSavio Galimberti, Michael eGollob, Dawood eDarbar   +2 more
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Stable Protein‐Based G‐Quadruplex‐Derived Supramolecular Bioinks as Tunable ECM‐Mimetic Constructs Assembled by Combining Non‐Covalent and Covalent Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing the synergistic interplay of supramolecular self‐assembly, under macromolecular crowding conditions, and enzymatic‐mediated covalent crosslinking toward a stable protein‐based G‐quadruplex‐derived supramolecular bioink. This bioinspired strategy enables the biofabrication of complex and tunable ECM‐mimetic constructs, providing a platform ...
Vera Sousa, Rita Sobreiro‐Almeida, Bart W. L. van den Bersselaar, E. W. Meijer, Ghislaine Vantomme, João Borges, João F. Mano   +6 more
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Ionic selectivity and thermal adaptations within the voltage-gated sodium channel family of alkaliphilic Bacillus

eLife, 2014
Entry and extrusion of cations are essential processes in living cells. In alkaliphilic prokaryotes, high external pH activates voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav), which allows Na+ to enter and be used as substrate for cation/proton antiporters ...
Paul G DeCaen, Yuka Takahashi, Terry A Krulwich, Masahiro Ito, David E Clapham   +4 more
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Resolving Heterogeneity of Targeted Lipid Nanoparticles Through Solution‐Based Biophysical Analyses

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
AF4‐UV‐DLS‐MALS‐SAXS resolves previously inaccessible targeted lipid nanoparticle (tLNP) subpopulations that differ in size, shape, and composition. Correlation of subpopulation‐resolved biophysical properties with in vivo RNA delivery reveals that targeted placental transfection is associated with distinct tLNP subpopulations rather than ensemble ...
Hannah C. Geisler, Hannah C. Safford, Ajay S. Thatte, Marshall S. Padilla, Elisa Battistini, Hannah M. Yamagata, Violet M. Ullman, Alex Chan, Benjamin E. Nachod, Anushka Agrawal, Maxwell B. Watkins, Jesse B. Hopkins, Andrew Tsourkas, Kushol Gupta, Michael J. Mitchell   +14 more
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