Modeling Starburst cells' GABA(B) receptors and their putative role in motion sensitivity.

abstract：:The prion protein (PrP), widely recognized to misfold into the causative agent of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, has previously been shown to bind to lipid membranes with binding influenced by both membrane composition and pH. Aside from the misfolding events associated with prion pathogenesis, PrP can...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Le Brun AP,Haigh CL,Drew SC,James M,Boland MP,Collins SJ

更新日期：2014-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial flagellar motor is a rotary molecular machine that rotates the helical filaments that propel swimming bacteria. Extensive experimental and theoretical studies exist on the structure, assembly, energy input, power generation, and switching mechanism of the motor. In a previous article, we explained the ge...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bai F,Lo CJ,Berry RM,Xing J

更新日期：2009-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of adducts of [PtCl(NH3)3]Cl or chlorodiethylenetriamineplatinum(II) on DNA stability were studied with emphasis on thermodynamic origins of that stability. Oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes (15-bp) containing the single, site-specific monofunctional adduct at G-residues of the central sequences TGT/ACA or 5'-...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bursova V,Kasparkova J,Hofr C,Brabec V

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum malaria-infected red blood cells (IRBCs), or erythrocytes, avoid splenic clearance by adhering to host endothelium. Upregulation of endothelial receptors intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) are associated with severe disease pathology. Most in vitro...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Lim YB,Thingna J,Kong F,Dao M,Cao J,Lim CT

更新日期：2020-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are proposed to play important roles in intercellular communication. Two classes of EVs can be distinguished based on their intracellular origin. Exosomes are generated within endosomes and released when these fuse with the plasma membrane, whereas ectosomes bud directly from the plasma me...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jackson CE,Scruggs BS,Schaffer JE,Hanson PI

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on experimental evidence for 2D array formation of bacteriorhodopsin, we propose a general model for lipid-mediated 2D array formation of membrane proteins in lipid bilayers. The model includes two different lipid species, "annular" lipids and "neutral" lipids, and one protein species. The central assumption of ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Sabra MC,Uitdehaag JC,Watts A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging in any plane other than horizontal in a microscope typically requires a reconstruction from multiple optical slices that significantly decreases the spatial and temporal resolution that can be achieved. This can limit the precision with which molecular events can be detected, for example, at intercellular cont...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Oddos S,Dunsby C,Purbhoo MA,Chauveau A,Owen DM,Neil MA,Davis DM,French PM

更新日期：2008-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Conduction speed (theta) in single myelinated Rana pipiens sciatic nerve fibers has been precisely measured using intracellular recording and on-line digital computer techniques. The dependence of relative speed on external Na concentration at 15 degrees C has been found to be ln(theta(1)/theta(2)) = 0.524 (+/-0.018) ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hardy WL

更新日期：1973-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of distance-dependent anisotropic reactivity and molecular geometry in the vicinity of localized reaction centers in influencing the rate of bimolecular diffusion-controlled reactions is analyzed in detail, both analytically and numerically. The effect of local molecular shape is considered within the model o...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shushin AI,Barzykin AV

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamic model of smooth muscle contraction is presented and is compared with the mechanical properties of vascular smooth muscle in the rat portal vein. The model is based on the sliding filament theory and the assumption that force is produced by cross-bridges extending from the myosin to the actin filaments. Thus,...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Gestrelius S,Borgström P

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biophysical characterization of nonfunctional protein aggregates at physiologically relevant temperatures is much needed to gain deeper insights into the kinetic and thermodynamic relationships between protein folding and misfolding. Dynamic and static laser light scattering have been employed for the detection an...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chow C,Kurt N,Murphy RM,Cavagnero S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell motion is driven by interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and the cell adhesions in the front part of the cell. The actin network segregates into lamellipodium and lamellum, whereas the adhesion complexes are characteristically distributed underneath the actin system. Here, we suggest a computational model for...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shemesh T,Bershadsky AD,Kozlov MM

更新日期：2012-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A Brownian dynamics (BD) model described in the accompanying paper (Klenin, K., H. Merlitz, and J. Langowski. 1998. A Brownian dynamics program for the simulation of linear and circular DNA, and other wormlike chain polyelectrolytes. Biophys. J. 74:000-000) has been used for computing the end-to-end distance distribut...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Merlitz H,Rippe K,Klenin KV,Langowski J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five molecular dynamics computer simulations were performed on different phospholipid:sterol membrane systems in order to study the influence of sterol structure on membrane properties. Three of these simulated bilayer systems were composed of a 1:8 sterol:phospholipid ratio, each of which employed one of the sterol m...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Smondyrev AM,Berkowitz ML

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phase transitions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE) in excess water have been examined by low-angle time-resolved x-ray diffraction and calorimetry at low scan rates. The lamellar subgel/lamellar liquid-crystalline (L(c) --> L(alpha)), lamellar gel/lamellar liquid-crystalline (L(beta) --> L(alpha)), an...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Yao H,Hatta I,Koynova R,Tenchov B

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is a powerful technique to study molecular dynamics inside living cells. During the past years, several laboratories have used FRAP to image the motion of RNA-protein and other macromolecular complexes in the nucleus and cytoplasm. In the case of mRNAs, there is growin...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Braga J,McNally JG,Carmo-Fonseca M

更新日期：2007-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady-state polarization-resolved fluorescence imaging is used to analyze the molecular orientational order behavior of rigidly labeled major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC I) proteins and lipid probes in cell membranes of living cells. These fluorescent probes report the orientational properties of proteins...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kress A,Ferrand P,Rigneault H,Trombik T,He HT,Marguet D,Brasselet S

更新日期：2011-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a three-dimensional tracking routine for nondiffraction-limited particles, which significantly reduces pixel bias. Our technique allows for increased resolution compared to that of previous methods, especially at low magnification or at high signal/noise ratio. This enables tracking with nanometer accuracy ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： van Loenhout MT,Kerssemakers JW,De Vlaminck I,Dekker C

更新日期：2012-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cis-parinaric acid (PA) binds to a hydrophobic pocket formed between the heavy chain of myosin subfragment-1 (S1) and the 41-residue N-terminal of essential light chain 1 (A1). The binding is strong (Ka = 5.6 x 10(7) M-1) and rigid (polarization = 0.334). PA does not bind to myofibrils in which A1 has been extracted o...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Xiao M,Borejdo J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the first, to our knowledge, integration of stimulated emission depletion (STED) with selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM). Using this method, we were able to obtain up to 60% improvements in axial resolution with lateral resolution enhancements in control samples and zebrafish embryos. The in...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Friedrich M,Gan Q,Ermolayev V,Harms GS

更新日期：2011-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:More and more researchers are interested in imaging living (Henderson, 1994) or fixed cells in their natural environment using the atomic force microscope (AFM). However, the AFM tip interacts strongly with the sample, and its z range freedom is limited to a few micrometers. This means that the cells to be imaged have...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kasas S,Ikai A

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coat protein (COP) I and COP II complexes are involved in the transport of proteins between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus in eukaryotic cells. The formation of COP I/II complexes at membrane surfaces is an early step in vesicle formation and is mastered by p24, a type I transmembrane protein. Oligo...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pannwitt S,Stangl M,Schneider D

更新日期：2019-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast Ca(2+) release kinetics were measured in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles actively loaded with Ca(2+). Release was induced in solutions containing 1.2 mM free ATP and variable free [Ca(2+)] and [Mg(2+)]. Release rate constants (k) were 10-fold higher at pCa 6 than at pCa 5 whereas Ryanodine binding was hig...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Sánchez G,Hidalgo C,Donoso P

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological influence of radiation on living matter has been studied for years; however, several questions about the detailed mechanism of radiation damage formation remain largely unanswered. Among all biomolecules exposed to radiation, DNA plays an important role because any damage to its molecular structure can ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Czapla-Masztafiak J,Szlachetko J,Milne CJ,Lipiec E,Sá J,Penfold TJ,Huthwelker T,Borca C,Abela R,Kwiatek WM

更新日期：2016-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Octyl-beta-thioglucopyranoside (octyl thioglucoside, OTG) is a nonionic surfactant used for the purification, reconstitution, and crystallization of membrane proteins. The thermodynamic properties of the OTG-membrane partition equilibrium are not known and have been investigated here with high-sensitivity titration ca...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wenk MR,Seelig J

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flagellin is the subunit of the bacterial filament, the micrometer-long propeller of a bacterial flagellum. The protein is believed to undergo unfolding for transport through the channel of the filament and to refold in a chamber at the end of the channel before being assembled into the growing filament. We report a t...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chng CP,Kitao A

更新日期：2008-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a two-component coarse-grained molecular-dynamics model for simulating the erythrocyte membrane. The proposed model possesses the key feature of combing the lipid bilayer and the erythrocyte cytoskeleton, thus showing both the fluidic behavior of the lipid bilayer and the elastic properties of the erythrocy...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Li H,Lykotrafitis G

更新日期：2012-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-aggregation of isolated plant light-harvesting complexes (LHCs) upon detergent extraction is associated with fluorescence quenching and is used as an in vitro model to study the photophysical processes of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ). In the NPQ state, in vivo induced under excess solar light conditions, harm...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pandit A,Shirzad-Wasei N,Wlodarczyk LM,van Roon H,Boekema EJ,Dekker JP,de Grip WJ

更新日期：2011-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several examples of membrane-associated protein domains that target curved membranes. This behavior is believed to have functional significance in a number of essential pathways, such as clathrin-mediated endocytosis, which involve dramatic membrane remodeling and require the recruitment of various cofactors...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Cui H,Lyman E,Voth GA

更新日期：2011-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the outer hair cell (OHC), the extracisternal space (ECiS) is a conduit and reservoir of the molecular and ionic substrates of the lateral wall, including those necessary for electromotility. To determine the mechanisms through which molecules are transported in the ECiS of the OHC, we selectively imaged the time-d...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Gliko O,Saggau P,Brownell WE

更新日期：2009-08-19 00:00:00