Role of Phospholipid Asymmetry in the Stability of Inverted Hexagonal Mesoscopic Phases

Laboratory of Biomechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technická 4, CZ-166 07, Prague 6, Czech Republic Andrej Perne ‡ and Gregor Dolinar ‡ ...

Applications of Phospholipid Bilayer Nanodiscs in the Study of Membranes and Membrane Proteins

Abstract Abstract: Phospholipid bilayer Nanodiscs are novel model membranes derived from high-density lipoprotein particles and have proven to be useful in studies of membrane proteins.

Freezing Point Depression of Water in Phospholipid Membranes: A Solid-State NMR Study

Department of Fine Chemistry, Seoul National University of Technology, Seoul 139-743, Korea, and Biophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055 Received July 24, ...

The Activity of the Amphipathic Peptide delta-Lysin Correlates with...

Abstract Release of lipid vesicle content induced by the amphipathic peptidedelta -lysin was investigated as a function of lipid acyl chain length and degree of unsaturation for a series of ...

A Modular Photocurrent Generation System Based on Phospholipid-Assembled Fullerenes

Wei Zhan * and Kai Jiang Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849 Received September 9, 2008 Abstract: A modular photoconversion system based on ...

Targanta Therapeutics Presents Data on Mechanisms That Underly Oritavancin's Bactericidal Activity

Comtex WASHINGTON, Oct 26, 2008 ----Targanta Therapeutics Corporation today announced that data describing oritavancin's multiple mechanisms of action and its concentration-dependent bactericidal activity will ...

Sterol-Modified Phospholipids: Cholesterol and Phospholipid Chimeras...

Abstract Abstract: We synthesized a family of sterol-modified glycerophospholipids in which the sn-1 or sn-2 position is covalently attached to cholesterol and the alternative position contains an aliphatic ...

Mixing Behavior of a Poly(ethylene glycol)-Grafted Phospholipid in...

Valeria Tsoukanova * and Christian Salesse Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3, Unite ́ de Recherche en Ophtalmologie, Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Ste-Foy, Que ...

Interactions between Antimicrobial Polynorbornenes and Phospholipid...

Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003 Received July 12, 2008 Abstract: Antimicrobial polynorbornenes composed of ...

Interface Water Dynamics and Porating Electric Fields for Phospholipid Bilayers

Recent molecular simulation studies have advanced our understanding of electroporation, but the relative contributions of atomically local details and medium- and long-range electrostatic gradients and changes ...