Direct measurement of the force between two lipid bilayers and observation of their fusion |
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| Authors: | Roger G. Horn |
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| Affiliation: | Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia |
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| Abstract: | The force between two phosphatidylcholine bilayers is measured as a function of their separation, showing a strong hydration repulsion at short range, as previously reported by LeNeveu et al. (LeNeveu, D.M., Rand, R.P., Parsegian, V.A. and Gingell, D. (1977) (Biophys. J. 18, 209–230). The experimental technique also allows direct observation of the molecular process by which two bilayers fuse into one. |
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| Keywords: | Bilayer interaction Membrane fusion Hydration repulsion DLPC dilaurylphosphatidylcholine egg-PC egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine (egg lecithin) |
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