Bioadhesive giant vesicles for monitoring hydroperoxidation in lipid membranes.

Aoki, P H B; Schroder, A P; Constantino, C J L; Marques, C M · Soft Matter · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Osmotic stresses, protein insertion or lipid oxidation lead to area increase of self-assembled lipid membranes. However, methods to measure membrane expansion are scarce. Challenged by recent progress on the control of phospholipid hydroperoxidation, we introduce a method to quantitatively evaluate membrane area increase based on the bio-adhesion of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles.

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