Rotational dynamics of spin-labeled F-actin during activation of myosin S1 ATPase using caged ATP.

abstract：:Cholesterol is essential to the formation of phase-separated lipid domains in membranes. Lipid domains can exist in different thermodynamic phases depending on the molecular composition and play significant roles in determining structure and function of membrane proteins. We investigate the role of cholesterol in the ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pantelopulos GA,Straub JE

更新日期：2018-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in voltage-dependent gating represent a common pathogenetic mechanism for genetically inherited channelopathies, such as benign familial neonatal seizures or peripheral nerve hyperexcitability caused by mutations in neuronal K(v)7.2 channels. Mutation-induced changes in channel voltage dependence are most ofte...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Miceli F,Vargas E,Bezanilla F,Taglialatela M

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:By exploring a recent model in which DNA bending elasticity, described by the wormlike chain model, is coupled to basepair denaturation, we demonstrate that small denaturation bubbles lead to anomalies in the flexibility of DNA at the nanometric scale, when confined in two dimensions (2D), as reported in atomic-force ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Destainville N,Manghi M,Palmeri J

更新日期：2009-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The partial specific volume and adiabatic compressibility of proteins reflect the hydration properties of the solvent-exposed protein surface, as well as changes in conformational states. Reverse micelles, or water-in-oil microemulsions, are protein-sized, optically-clear microassemblies in which hydration can be expe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Valdez D,Le Huérou JY,Gindre M,Urbach W,Waks M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During protein synthesis dictated by the codon sequence of messenger RNA, the ribosome selects aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) with high accuracy, the exact mechanism of which remains elusive. By using a single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer method coupled with fluorescence emission anisotropy, we provide ev...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Mishra PP,Qureshi MT,Ren W,Lee TH

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple technique for forming "black" lipid bilayer membranes containing negligible amounts of alkyl solvent is described. The membranes are formed by the method of Mueller et al (Circulation. 1962. 26:1167.) from glyceryl monooleate (GMO) dispersed in squalene. The squalene forms an annulus to satisfy the boundary c...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： White SH

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many essential processes in eukaryotic cells depend on regulated molecular exchange between its two major compartments, the cytoplasm and the nucleus. In general, nuclear import of macromolecular complexes is dependent on specific peptide signals and their recognition by receptors that mediate translocation through th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Salman H,Abu-Arish A,Oliel S,Loyter A,Klafter J,Granek R,Elbaum M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most environments, such as natural aquatic systems, bacteria are found predominantly in self-organized sessile communities known as biofilms. In the presence of a significant flow, mature multispecies biofilms often develop into long filamentous structures called streamers, which can greatly influence ecosystem pro...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Rusconi R,Lecuyer S,Autrusson N,Guglielmini L,Stone HA

更新日期：2011-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncovering mechanisms that control the dynamics of microtubules is fundamental for our understanding of multiple cellular processes such as chromosome separation and cell motility. Building on previous theoretical work on the dynamic instability of microtubules, we propose here a stochastic model that includes all rel...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Padinhateeri R,Kolomeisky AB,Lacoste D

更新日期：2012-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides are a class of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) with amphiphilic character that are found at the outer leaflet of the cell membranes, where their ability to organize into special domains makes them vital cell membrane components. However, a molecular understanding of GSL-rich membranes in terms of their clustere...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Patel DS,Park S,Wu EL,Yeom MS,Widmalm G,Klauda JB,Im W

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report applications of two-photon excitation fluorescence (2PEF) microscopy with subdiffraction-limit resolution for green-fluorescent-protein-tagged cell imaging. The microscope integrates 2PEF microscopy and stimulated emission depletion microscopy in one microscope that has the benefits of both techniques: intri...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Li Q,Wu SS,Chou KC

更新日期：2009-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycocalyx is a thick coat of proteins and carbohydrates on the outer surface of all eukaryotic cells. Overproduction of large, flexible or rod-like biopolymers, including hyaluronic acid and mucins, in the glycocalyx strongly correlates with the aggression of many cancer types. However, theoretical frameworks to ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Gandhi JG,Koch DL,Paszek MJ

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid mixing between vesicles functionalized with SNAREs and the cytosolic C2AB domain of synaptotagmin-1 recapitulates the basic Ca(2+) dependence of neuronal exocytosis. However, in the conventional ensemble lipid mixing assays it is not possible to discriminate whether Ca(2+) accelerates the docking or the fusion o...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Christensen SM,Mortensen MW,Stamou DG

更新日期：2011-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils rely on rapid changes in morphology to ward off invaders. Time-resolved dynamics of spreading human neutrophils after activation by the chemoattractant fMLF (formyl methionyl leucyl phenylalanine) was observed by RICM (reflection interference contrast microscopy). An image-processing algorithm was develope...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Sengupta K,Aranda-Espinoza H,Smith L,Janmey P,Hammer D

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Computations on sodium channel gating were conducted using a closed-open-inactivated coupled kinetic scheme. The time constant of inactivation (tauh) derives a voltage dependency from coupling to voltage-dependent activation even when rate constants between inactivated and other states are strictly voltage independent...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Goldman L

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two mechanisms have been proposed to account for solute permeation of lipid bilayers. Partitioning into the hydrophobic phase of the bilayer, followed by diffusion, is accepted by many for the permeation of water and other small neutral solutes, but transient pores have also been proposed to account for both water and...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Paula S,Volkov AG,Van Hoek AN,Haines TH,Deamer DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological features of α-synuclein (AS) amyloid aggregation in vitro and in cells were elucidated at the nanoscale by far-field subdiffraction fluorescence localization microscopy. Labeling AS with rhodamine spiroamide probes allowed us to image AS fibrillar structures by fluorescence stochastic nanoscopy with ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Roberti MJ,Fölling J,Celej MS,Bossi M,Jovin TM,Jares-Erijman EA

更新日期：2012-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) is used to determine interactions and dissociation constants (K(d)s) of biomolecules. The determination of a K(d) depends on the accurate measurement of the auto- and cross-correlation function (ACF and CCF) amplitudes. In the case of complete binding, the ratio of th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Foo YH,Naredi-Rainer N,Lamb DC,Ahmed S,Wohland T

更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The general theory (Levitt, D. G. 1990. Biophys. J. 59:271-277) is applied to a model channel that resembles the acetylcholine receptor channel (ACH). The model incorporates the known features of the ACH geometry and fixed charge locations. The channel has a wide mouth facing the outer solution, tapering to a narrow r...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Levitt DG

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state fluorescence polarization spectra and time-resolved emission decay kinetics have been measured in vitro from malignant and normal rat kidney tissue. The degrees of polarization and emission lifetimes from the cancerous and normal systems are different. The spectroscopic differences are attributed to envir...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Tata DB,Foresti M,Cordero J,Tomashefsky P,Alfano MA,Alfano RR

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To record post synaptic potentials or electrical activity from processes of single cells in a central nervous system (CNS) preparation in situ, voltage sensitive dyes can be injected intracellularly, thereby staining only the cell under investigation. We report the structure, evaluation, and synthesis of 11 fluorescen...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Grinvald A,Salzberg BM,Lev-Ram V,Hildesheim R

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crossover motifs are integral components for designing DNA-based nanostructures and nanomechanical devices due to their enhanced rigidity compared to the normal B-DNA. Although the structural rigidity of the double helix B-DNA has been investigated extensively using both experimental and theoretical tools, to date the...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Santosh M,Maiti PK

更新日期：2011-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage stiffness was measured ex vivo at the micrometer and nanometer scales to explore structure-mechanical property relationships at smaller scales than has been done previously. A method was developed to measure the dynamic elastic modulus, |E(*)|, in compression by indentation-type atomic force microscopy (IT A...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Stolz M,Raiteri R,Daniels AU,VanLandingham MR,Baschong W,Aebi U

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocytes were electrofused with multiple rectangular voltage pulses to show an oscillatory movement, divided into swell phases and pump events. During each swell phase, which lasted from 0.5 s to more than 180 s, the fused cells' (doublets') volume increased by colloid osmotic swelling, and the membrane area was e...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Baumann M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the Bowman-Birk inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata seeds (BTCI) in complex with beta-trypsin was solved and refined at 1.55 A to a crystallographic R(factor) of 0.154 and R(free) of 0.169, and represents the highest resolution for a Bowman-Birk inhibitor structure to date. The BTCI-trypsin interface is ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Barbosa JA,Silva LP,Teles RC,Esteves GF,Azevedo RB,Ventura MM,de Freitas SM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-trap optical tweezers are often used in high-resolution measurements in single-molecule biophysics. Such measurements can be hindered by the presence of extraneous noise sources, the most prominent of which is the coupling of fluctuations along different spatial directions, which may affect any optical tweezers s...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ribezzi-Crivellari M,Ritort F

更新日期：2012-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:An interactive program is described for calculating the second virial coefficient contribution to the thermodynamic nonideality of solutions of rigid macromolecules based on their triaxial dimensions. The FORTRAN-77 program, available in precompiled form for the PC, is based on theory for the covolume of triaxial elli...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Harding SE,Horton JC,Jones S,Thornton JM,Winzor DJ

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new microscopic technique is demonstrated that combines attributes from both near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). The method relies on attaching the acceptor dye of a FRET pair to the end of a near-field fiber optic probe. Light exiting the NSOM probe, whic...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Vickery SA,Dunn RC

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is shown that alpha-helical content of eleven proteins is well correlated with alanine plus leucine content. These residues, taken singly or together, are to a first approximation randomly distributed in the four proteins whose tertiary structures have been determined (i.e., myoglobin, lysozyme, ribonuclease, alpha...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Prothero JW

更新日期：1968-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce the use of microfabrication techniques to construct on a silicon wafer a synthetic capillary bed with 2.5- to 4-micron (mu)-wide channels. Establishment of a fluid pressure gradient allowed us to observe simultaneously using optical microscopy hundreds of cells flowing through the bed at physiological spe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Brody JP,Han Y,Austin RH,Bitensky M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00