Three-dimensional dynamic structure of the liquid-ordered domain in lipid membranes as examined by pulse-EPR oxygen probing.

abstract：:Both the solution and the oriented film absorption and circular dichroic spectra of the bacteriorhodopsin (bR(568)) and M(412) intermediate of the purple membrane photocycle were compared over the wavelength region 800-183 nm to assess structural changes during this photocycle. The main findings are (a) loss of the ex...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Draheim JE,Cassim JY

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The domains of the giant muscle protein titin (connectin) provide interaction sites for other sarcomeric proteins and fulfill mechanical functions. In this paper we compare the unfolding forces of defined regions of different titin isoforms by single-molecule force spectroscopy. Constructs comprising six to eight immu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Rief M,Gautel M,Schemmel A,Gaub HE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adsorption of lambda-phage on sensitive bacteria Escherichia coli is a classical problem but not all issues have been resolved. One of the outstanding problems is the rate of adsorption, which in some cases appears to exceed the theoretical limit imposed by the law of random diffusion. We revisit this problem by condu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moldovan R,Chapman-McQuiston E,Wu XL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluo-3 is an unusual tetracarboxylate Ca2+ indicator. For recent lots supplied by Molecular Probes Inc. (Eugene, OR), FMAX, the fluorescence intensity of the indicator in its Ca(2+)-bound form, is approximately 200 times that of FMIN, the fluorescence intensity of the indicator in its Ca(2+)-free form. (For earlier lo...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Harkins AB,Kurebayashi N,Baylor SM

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the high sensitivity of cells to mechanical microenvironments is crucial for understanding many physiological and pathological processes, e.g., stem cell differentiation and cancer cell metastasis. Here, a cytoskeletal tensegrity model is proposed to study the reorientation of pol...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Xu GK,Li B,Feng XQ,Gao H

更新日期：2016-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In Shaker-like channels, the activation gate is formed at the bundle crossing by the convergence of the inner S6 helices near a conserved proline-valine-proline motif, which introduces a kink that allows for electromechanical coupling with voltage sensor motions via the S4-S5 linker. Human ether-a-go-go-related gene (...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Thouta S,Sokolov S,Abe Y,Clark SJ,Cheng YM,Claydon TW

更新日期：2014-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Clathrin-coated membranes are precursors to coated vesicles in the receptor-mediated endocytic pathway. In this paper we present a physical model for the first steps of the transformation of a clathrin-coated membrane into a coated vesicle. The theory is based on in vitro cytoplasmic acidification experiments of Heuse...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Mashl RJ,Bruinsma RF

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type 2a sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (ER) Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA2a) plays a key role in intracellular Ca2+ regulation in the heart. We have previously shown evidence of stable homodimers of SERCA2a in heterologous cells and cardiomyocytes. However, the functional significance of the pump dimerization remains unclear. H...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bovo E,Nikolaienko R,Cleary SR,Seflova J,Kahn D,Robia SL,Zima AV

更新日期：2020-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron cryomicroscopy of rotor complexes of the Salmonella typhimurium flagellar motor, overproduced in a nonmotile Escherichia coli host, has revealed a variation in subunit symmetry of the cytoplasmic ring (C ring) module. C rings with subunit symmetries ranging from 31 to 38 were found. They formed a Gaussian dis...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Young HS,Dang H,Lai Y,DeRosier DJ,Khan S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Singlet-triplet mixing in the initial radical-pair state, P[unk]I[unk], of photosynthetic bacterial reaction centers is due to the hyperfine mechanism at low magnetic fields and both the hyperfine and Deltag mechanisms at high magnetic fields (>1 kG). Since the hyperfine field felt by the electron spins in P[unk]I[unk...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Goldstein RA,Boxer SG

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfusion is one of the most important processes maintaining organ health. From a computational perspective, however, perfusion is among the least-studied physiological processes of the heart. The recent development of novel nanoparticle-based targeted cardiac therapy calls for novel simulation methods that can provid...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Diem AK,Valen-Sendstad K

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotactic effects of dissolved oxygen on motions of Escherichia coli in a motility buffer solution have been studied by measurements of quasielastic light scattering. Under conditions where the bacteria form a sharp band in an oxygen concentrations gradient created by their metabolism, components of motions along th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wang PC,Chen SH

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the thermodynamic exclusion of Na(+) relative to K(+) from the S(2) site of the selectivity filter, the distribution P(X)(epsilon) (X = K(+) or Na(+)) of the binding energy (epsilon) of the ion with the channel is analyzed using the potential distribution theorem. By expressing the excess chemical potent...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dixit PD,Merchant S,Asthagiri D

更新日期：2009-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In this new method for studying the shape recovery of deformed red blood cells, three optical traps ("optical tweezers") induce a parachute-shaped red cell deformation, which is comparable to the deformation in small capillaries. The shape recovery is recorded, and a relaxation time is obtained for each individual red...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bronkhorst PJ,Streekstra GJ,Grimbergen J,Nijhof EJ,Sixma JJ,Brakenhoff GJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postnatal development, major changes in mechanical properties of skeletal muscle occur. We investigated passive properties of skeletal muscle in mice and rabbits that varied in age from 1 day to approximately 1 year. Neonatal skeletal muscle expressed large titin isoforms directly after birth, followed by a gra...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ottenheijm CA,Knottnerus AM,Buck D,Luo X,Greer K,Hoying A,Labeit S,Granzier H

更新日期：2009-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Coliphage T4 was used as a model system to study the mechanism of biological inactivation produced by tritium decay. Experimentally, tritiated precursors were incorporated into phage DNA (thymidine-(3)H) or into phage protein ((3)H-amino acids). The ratio of killing efficiencies for decays originating in phage DNA to ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Funk F,Person S,Bockrath RC Jr

更新日期：1968-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Theories of DNA electrophoretic separations generally treat the DNA as a free draining polymer moving in an electric field at a rate that depends on the effective charge density of the molecule. Separations can occur in sieving media ranging from ultradilute polymer solutions to tightly cross-linked gels. It has recen...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ferree S,Blanch HW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the assumption that vesicles are the anatomic correlate of quantal release, the forces governing the movement of synaptic vesicles inside neurons are analyzed. Semiquantitative calculations are presented to show that a diffuse layer field penetrates a few Debye lengths into the axoplasm. This field binds tightly...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Remler MP

更新日期：1973-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleus has a smooth, regular appearance in normal cells, and its shape is greatly altered in human pathologies. Yet, how the cell establishes nuclear shape is not well understood. We imaged the dynamics of nuclear shaping in NIH3T3 fibroblasts. Nuclei translated toward the substratum and began flattening during t...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Li Y,Lovett D,Zhang Q,Neelam S,Kuchibhotla RA,Zhu R,Gundersen GG,Lele TP,Dickinson RB

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of polyamines-DNA precipitates was studied by x-ray diffraction. Precise measurements of the interhelix distance a(H) were obtained at different NaCl, polyamine, and DNA concentrations. Most of the results were obtained using spermine and few others using spermidine. The precipitates are liquid crystalli...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Raspaud E,Durand D,Livolant F

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quantitation of human granulocyte movement using a stochastic differential equation is described. The method has the potential to distinguish both positive and negative chemotaxis. Analysis and information concerning cell movements can be obtained for any point in time and distance for the duration of the experime...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Boyarsky A,Noble PB,Peterson SC

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interplay between epigenetic modification and chromatin compaction is implicated in the regulation of gene expression, and it comprises one of the most fascinating frontiers in cell biology. Although a complete picture is still lacking, it is generally accepted that the differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chalut KJ,Höpfler M,Lautenschläger F,Boyde L,Chan CJ,Ekpenyong A,Martinez-Arias A,Guck J

更新日期：2012-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to contact-mode atomic force microscopy (CMAFM), tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) has the advantage of allowing imaging surfaces of macromolecules, even when they are only weakly attached to the support. In this study, TMAFM is applied to two different regular protein layers whose structures are k...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Möller C,Allen M,Elings V,Engel A,Müller DJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior work has shown that concentration profiles of platelets in flowing whole blood and of platelet-sized beads in flowing blood suspensions can include near-wall excesses. A model to describe this phenomenon was built about a single-component convective diffusion equation. To incorporate redistribution to preferred ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Yeh C,Calvez AC,Eckstein EC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of the electron spin resonance spectra of phosphatidylcholines spin-labeled in the sn-2 chain at a position close to the polar region and close to the methyl terminus indicate that symmetrical saturated diacyl phosphatidylcholines with odd and even chain lengths from 13 to 20 C-atoms (and probably also 12 C...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Swamy MJ,Marsh D

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deuterium wide line NMR spectroscopy was used to study cholesterol effects on the ceramide portions of two glycosphingolipids (GSLs) distributed as minor components in fluid membranes. The common existence of very long fatty acids on GSLs was taken into account by including one glycolipid species with fatty acid chain...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Morrow MR,Singh D,Lu D,Grant CW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The well-characterized integral membrane protein lactose (lac) permease from Escherichia coli was reconstituted together with trace amounts (molar fraction X = 0.005 of the total phospholipid) of different pyrene-labeled phospholipid analogs into 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac'-glycerol (PO...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Lehtonen JY,Kinnunen PK

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used the elastic neutron scattering technique to investigate the dynamics of the two main saccharidic components of starch: amylose and amylopectin. The measurements were carried out in the temperature range of 20 to 320 K and at different hydration levels from the dry state up to 0.47 g saccharide/g D(2)O. In...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Di Bari M,Cavatorta F,Deriu A,Albanese G

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that limit the speed at which striated muscles relax are poorly understood. This work presents, to our knowledge, novel simulations that show that the time course of relaxation is accelerated by interfilamentary movement resulting from series compliance; force drops faster when myosin heads move relativ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Campbell KS

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules are cytoskeletal filaments whose self-assembly occurs by abrupt switching between states of roughly constant growth and shrinkage, a process known as dynamic instability. Understanding the mechanism of dynamic instability offers potential for controlling microtubule-dependent cellular processes such as ne...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Odde DJ,Cassimeris L,Buettner HM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00