Differential polarization imaging. V. Numerical aperture effects and the contribution of preferential scattering and absorption to the circular dichroism images.

abstract：:The two-microelectrode, voltage-clamp technique was applied to rabbit cardiac Purkinje fibers to study the interaction of tetrodotoxin (TTX) with the slowly inactivating Na current. Binding of TTX to rested, inactivated, and activated channels was estimated by measuring the relative decrease of current at the beginnin...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Carmeliet E

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of transepithelial electrical impedance of continuously short-circuited A6 epithelia were made at audio frequencies (0.244 Hz to 10.45 kHz) to investigate the time course and extent to which prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) modulates Cl(-) transport and apical membrane capacitance in this cell-cultured model e...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Păunescu TG,Helman SI

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autocrine loops formed by growth factors and their receptors have been identified in a large number of developmental, physiological, and pathological contexts. In general, the spatially distributed and recursive nature of autocrine signaling systems makes their experimental analysis, and often even their detection, ve...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shvartsman SY,Wiley HS,Deen WM,Lauffenburger DA

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling is initialized by the release of Ca from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in response to a sudden increase in local cytosolic [Ca] ([Ca]i) within the junctional cleft. We have tested the hypothesis that functional ryanodine receptor (RyR) regulation plays a major role in the regu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shannon TR,Wang F,Bers DM

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion conduction across the cellular membrane requires the simultaneous opening of activation and inactivation gates of the K+ channel pore. The bacterial KcsA channel has served as a powerful system for dissecting the structural changes that are related to four major functional states associated with K+ gating. Yet, th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： van der Cruijsen EA,Prokofyev AV,Pongs O,Baldus M

更新日期：2017-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Deuterium nuclear magnetic resonance was used to monitor lipid acyl-chain orientational order in suspensions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) containing Ca(2+) and the lung surfactant proteins SP-A and SP-B separately and together. To distinguish between protein-lipid...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Morrow MR,Temple S,Stewart J,Keough KM

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probes and biosensors that incorporate luminescent Tb(III) or Eu(III) complexes are promising for cellular imaging because time-gated microscopes can detect their long-lifetime (approximately milliseconds) emission without interference from short-lifetime (approximately nanoseconds) fluorescence background. Moreover, ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Rajendran M,Miller LW

更新日期：2015-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared wild-type rat skeletal muscle NaChs (micro1) and a mutant NaCh (Y1586K) that has a single amino acid substitution, lysine (K) for tyrosine (Y), at position 1586 in the S6 transmembrane segment of domain 4. In Y1586K, macroscopic current decay is faster, the V(1/2) of the activation curve is shifted in the ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： O'Reilly JP,Wang SY,Wang GK

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The jaws of the bloodworm Glycera dibranchiata consist principally of protein and melanin scaffolds with small amounts of unmineralized copper (Cu) and mineralized atacamite (Cu(2)Cl(OH)(3)) fibers in distinct regions. Remarkably, when tested in air, the regions containing unmineralized Cu are the hardest, stiffest, a...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moses DN,Pontin MG,Waite JH,Zok FW

更新日期：2008-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatic monocarboxylic acids are known to significantly potentiate the mechanical response of skeletal muscle fibers. In this study we investigated the effects of enantiomers of 2-(4-chlorophenoxy)propionic acid, chemically one of the simplest aromatic monocarboxylic acids with chiral properties, on mechanical thresh...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Heiny JA,Jong D,Bryant SH,Conte-Camerino D,Tortorella V

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic surface of the BR (initial) state of bacteriorhodopsin is characterized by a cluster of three carboxylates that function as a proton-collecting antenna. Systematic replacement of most of the surface carboxylates indicated that the cluster is made of D104, E161, and E234 (Checover, S., Y. Marantz, E. Na...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nachliel E,Gutman M,Tittor J,Oesterhelt D

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) data are interpreted using various types of reaction-diffusion (RD) models: the model type is usually fixed first, and corresponding model parameters are inferred subsequently. In this article, we describe what we believe to be a novel approach for RD model...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Mai J,Trump S,Ali R,Schiltz RL,Hager G,Hanke T,Lehmann I,Attinger S

更新日期：2011-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of aggregation of alpha-synuclein are usually studied by turbidity or Thio-T fluorescence. Here we follow the disappearance of monomers and the formation of early oligomers using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Alexa488-labeled A140C-synuclein was used as a fluorescent probe in trace amounts in the...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nath S,Meuvis J,Hendrix J,Carl SA,Engelborghs Y

更新日期：2010-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge about the influenza fusion peptide (FP) membrane insertion mode is crucial for understanding its fusogenic mechanism. NMR and electron paramagnetic resonance experiments showed that in micelles, the FP inserted as a fixed-angle inverted V. In membranes, however, it was shown to insert as a straight α-helix (...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Légaré S,Lagüe P

更新日期：2012-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To study possible structural changes in weak cross-bridge attachment to actin upon activation of the thin filament, two-dimensional (2D) x-ray diffraction patterns of skinned fibers from rabbit psoas muscle were recorded at low and high calcium concentration in the presence of saturating concentrations of MgATPgammaS,...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kraft T,Xu S,Brenner B,Yu LC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crowded environment of cells poses a challenge for rapid protein-protein association. Yet, it has been established that the rates of association are similar in crowded and in dilute solutions. Here we probe the pathway leading to fast association between TEM1 β-lactamase and its inhibitor protein BLIP in crowded s...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Phillip Y,Harel M,Khait R,Qin S,Zhou HX,Schreiber G

更新日期：2012-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the photoinduced volume changes, energetics, and kinetics in the early steps of the bacteriorhodopsin (BR) photocycle with pulsed, time-resolved photoacoustics. Our data show that there are two volume changes. The fast volume change ( < or = 200 ns) is an expansion (2.5 +/- 0.3 A3/molecule) and is obse...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Zhang D,Mauzerall D

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water channel aquaporin-4 (AQP4) forms supramolecular clusters whose size is determined by the ratio of M1- and M23-AQP4 isoforms. In cultured astrocytes, differences in the subcellular localization and macromolecular interactions of small and large AQP4 clusters results in distinct physiological roles for M1- and...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Smith AJ,Verkman AS

更新日期：2015-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine protease inhibitor antithrombin undergoes extensive conformational changes during functional interaction with its target proteases. Changes include insertion of the reactive loop region into a beta-sheet structure in the protein core. We explore the possibility that these changes are linked to water transfe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Liang J,McGee MP

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two molecular dynamics simulations have been carried out on the HIV-1 integrase catalytic core starting from fully determined crystal structures. During the first one, performed in the absence of divalent cation (6-ns long), the catalytic core took on two main conformations. The conformational transition occurs at app...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Laboulais C,Deprez E,Leh H,Mouscadet JF,Brochon JC,Le Bret M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ternary lipid mixture of palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC), palmitoyl-erythro-sphingosylphosphorylcholine (PSM), and cholesterol at a mixing ratio of 37.5:37.5:25 mol/mol/mol was characterized using fluorescence microscopy, (2)H NMR, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. The synthetic PSM provi...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bunge A,Müller P,Stöckl M,Herrmann A,Huster D

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using glycerinated spasmoneme of giant Zoothamnium sp., the physical properties of spasmoneme before and after Ca2+-induced contraction (pCa 4.5) were investigated. The volume change of spasmoneme contraction was measured under zero tension. The length and diameter decreased by about 50% of their initial value as a re...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moriyama Y,Okamoto H,Asai H

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of the Neurospora crassa (slime) cellular membrane to electroporation and electrodestruction in an alternating electric field was further investigated. The results were analyzed according to the dynamic rheological model of the cytoplasmic membrane. Based on an analytical description of membrane sus...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Pawlowski P,Szutowicz I,Rózycki S,Zieliński J,Fikus M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallic nanoparticles have opened the possibility of imaging, tracking, and manipulating biological samples without time limitations. Their low photoluminescence quantum yield, however, makes them hard to detect under high background conditions. In this study we show that it is possible to image gold nanorods by dete...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Carattino A,Keizer VIP,Schaaf MJM,Orrit M

更新日期：2016-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The biophysical properties and cellular distribution of ion channels largely determine the input/output relationships of electrically excitable cells. A variety of patch pipette voltage clamp techniques are available to characterize ionic currents. However, when used by themselves, such techniques are not well suited ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Anson BD,Roberts WM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AXH domain of protein Ataxin 1 is thought to play a key role in the misfolding and aggregation pathway responsible for Spinocerebellar ataxia 1. For this reason, a molecular level understanding of AXH oligomerization pathway is crucial to elucidate the aggregation mechanism, which is thought to trigger the disease...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Grasso G,Morbiducci U,Massai D,Tuszynski JA,Danani A,Deriu MA

更新日期：2018-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of force production in chemically skinned trabeculae from the guinea pig were studied by laser photolysis of caged ATP in the presence of Ca2+. Preincubation of the tissue during rigor with the enzyme apyrase was used to reduce the population of MgADP-bound cross-bridges (Martin and Barsotti, 1994). In un...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Martin H,Barsotti RJ

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a statistical mechanical model for lipid-cholesterol mixtures in the P beta' (ripple) phase of lipid bilayers. The model is a simple extension of an earlier model for the ripple phase in pure lipid bilayers. The extension consists of adding a degree of freedom to allow for the occupation of underlying latt...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Scott HL,McCullough WS

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two glycosphingolipids galactosylceramide (GalC) and its sulfated form, cerebroside sulfate (CBS), are present at high concentrations in the multilayered myelin sheath and are involved in carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions between the lipid headgroups. In order to study the structure of the complex of these tw...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Boggs JM,Menikh A,Rangaraj G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently developed CMAP correction to the CHARMM22 force field (C22) is evaluated from 25 ns molecular dynamics simulations on hen lysozyme. Substantial deviations from experimental backbone root mean-square fluctuations and N-H NMR order parameters obtained in the C22 trajectories (especially in the loops) are el...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Buck M,Bouguet-Bonnet S,Pastor RW,MacKerell AD Jr

更新日期：2006-02-15 00:00:00