Distributions of lysopalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (LPPC), palmitic acid (PA) and their 1:1 mixtures between water and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayer were determined using a fluorescence probe that selectively detects only the solutes in . . .

Mixed micelles of l,2-diheptanoyl-sn-grycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC) with ionic detergents were prepared to develop well characterized substrates for the study of lipolytic enzymes. The aggregates that formed on mixing DHPC with the anionic surfactant . . .

The interfacial properties of the negatively charged dimyristoyl-phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) and the zwitterionic dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles mixed with the fusion inhibitor lysomyristoylphosphatidylcholine (LMPC) are investigated . . .

The fluidity of the plasma membrane of Sarcoma 180 mouse ascites tumor cells has been studied in viable cells using fatty acid spin labels. The order parameter was found to vary from 0.61, approximately four carbon bond lengths removed from the membra . . .

Given the three-dimensional structure of a protein, its thermodynamic properties are calculated using a recently introduced distance constraint model (DCM) within a mean-field treatment. The DCM is constructed from a free energy decomposition that par . . .

Chromosome counts for eight species of Carex section Ovales were determined (c. bebbii, C. crawfordii, C. integra, C. microptera, C. pachystachya, C. praticola, C. preslii, and C. subfusca). Combined with data from previous studies in the sect. Ovales . . .

With the aim of establishing acidic bicellar solutions as a useful membrane model system, we have used deuterium NMR spectroscopy to investigate the properties of dimyristoyl/dihexanoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC/DHPC) bicelles containing 25% (w/w in H2 . . .

Mastoparan X (MPX: INWKGIAAMAKKLL-NH2) belongs to a family of ionophoric peptides found in wasp venom. Upon binding to the membrane, MPX increases the cell’s permeability to cations leading to a disruption in the electrolyte balance and cell lysis. Th . . .

Several complementary physical techniques have been used to characterize the aggregate structures formed in solutions containing dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC)/dihexanoylphosphatidylcholine (DHPC) at ratios of ≤ 0.5 and to establish their morph . . .

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are broad spectrum antibiotics that utilize electrostatics to selectively target bacteria. Like every antibiotic, AMPs need a minimum concentration (known as MIC) to effectively inhibit growth of a bacterial population. D . . .