Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes. Volume 18 /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Iglic, Ales (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kulkarni, Chandrashekhar (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2013.
• Θέματα: Bilayer lipid membranes.; SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.; Electronic books.

Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes cover a broad range of topics, including main arrangements of the reconstituted system, namely planar lipid bilayers as well as spherical liposomes. The invited authors present the latest results of their own research groups in this exciting, multidisc...

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• Front Cover; Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter One: Charged Lipid Bilayers in Aqueous Surroundings with Low pH; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 2.1. Sample preparation and observation; 2.2. High-performance liquid chromatography; 2.3. pH-measurements; 2.4. Measurements of the membrane bending elasticity; 3. Results and Discussion; 3.1. Membrane morphology and stability at high aqueous acidity; 3.2. HPLC results; 3.3. Bending rigidity of charged membranes at pH 5.0; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References.
• Chapter Two: Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Structural Analysis of Planar Lipid Bilayers Under Electrochemical ... 1. Introduction; 2. Preparation Procedures for Supported Lipid Bilayers; 2.1. Spreading of vesicles; 2.2. LB transfer; 2.3. Tethered lipid bilayers; 3. Characterization of Lipid Bilayers Adsorbed on Solid Surfaces; 3.1. Electrochemical characterization of lipid bilayers; 3.2. Infrared spectroscopic characterization of lipid bilayers at the electrolyte-electrode interface; 4. Spectroelectrochemistry of Planar Lipid Bilayers Adsorbed on Electrode Surfaces.
• 4.1. Structure of symmetric lipid bilayers under electrochemical control4.2. Structure of asymmetric lipid bilayers under electrochemical control; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter Three: Electroformation of Giant Vesicles and Transformation to Oligovesicular Vesicles; 1. Introduction; 2. Electroformation on Substrate Materials; 3. Electroformation with dc Voltage; 4. Effect of Counter Electrode; 5. Rapid Electroformation; 6. OVVs with Heterogeneous Membranous Compartments; 7. Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References.
• Chapter Four: Coupling Membrane Elasticity and Structure to Protein Function1. Introduction; 2. Intramembrane Forces and Pressure Fields; 3. Lateral Pressures Couple to Protein Function; 4. Elastic Membrane Deformations by Proteins; 5. Some Remarks on Theory; 6. Domain Formation; 7. Elastic Parameters of Lipid Membranes and Domains from Experiment; 7.1. Membrane thickness; 7.2. Bending rigidity; 7.3. Spontaneous curvature; 7.4. Gaussian modulus of curvature; 8. Application Example: Effect on Ion Channels During Apoptosis; 9. Conclusion and Outlook; Acknowledgment; References.
• Chapter Five: The Micellar Cubic Fd3m Phase: Recent Advances in the Structural Characterization and Potential Applications1. Introduction; 2. Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phase Formation; 3. Micellar Liquid Crystalline Phases; 4. Packing Fraction and Frustration in Micellar 2D and 3D Phases; 5. The Structure of the Micellar Cubic Fd3m Phase; 6. Analysis of the Effect of Chain Configuration on the Cubic Fd3m Structure; 7. The Sensitivity of the Cubic Fd3m Phase to Variations in Hydrostatic Pressure; 8. Micellar Cubosomes: Dispersed Particles Enveloping Cubic Fd3m Structure.