Imaging nanometer-sized α-synuclein aggregates by superresolution fluorescence localization microscopy.

abstract：:Cofilin/ADF, beryllium fluoride complex (BeFx), and phalloidin have opposing effects on actin filament structure and dynamics. Cofilin/ADF decreases the stability of F-actin by enhancing disorder in subdomain 2, and by severing and accelerating the depolymerization of the filament. BeFx and phalloidin stabilize the su...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Muhlrad A,Ringel I,Pavlov D,Peyser YM,Reisler E

更新日期：2006-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present article considers the influence of heterogeneity in a mobile analyte or in an immobilized ligand population on the surface binding kinetics and equilibrium isotherms. We describe strategies for solving the inverse problem of calculating two-dimensional distributions of rate and affinity constants from expe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Svitel J,Balbo A,Mariuzza RA,Gonzales NR,Schuck P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions between amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) and the cell membrane include interaction with membrane lipids and binding to membrane receptors, both of which are considered to be the toxicity mechanisms of Aβ. However, it is unclear whether both mechanisms lead to cytotoxicity. Thus, we aimed to analyze these two mechan...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shi JM,Zhu L,Lan X,Zhao DW,He YJ,Sun ZQ,Wu D,Li HY

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The electric quadrupole moment of the deuterium nucleus provides a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) probe of electric field gradients, and thereby of organization of tissue water. 8-17% of H(2)O in rat muscle and brain was replaced by D(2)O from 50% deuterated drinking water. The peak height of the steady-state NMR sp...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Cope FW

更新日期：1969-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are glutamate- and glycine-gated channels that flux Na+ and Ca2+ into postsynaptic neurons during synaptic transmission. The resulting intracellular Ca2+ transient is essential to physiological and pathological processes related to synaptic development, plasticity, and apoptosis. ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Iacobucci GJ,Popescu GK

更新日期：2017-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different spin labels, N-(1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-3-pyrrolidinyl)iodoacetamide (IPSL) and (1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrroline-3-methyl) methanethiosulfonate (MTSSL), and two different fluorescent labels 5-((((2-iodoacetyl)amino)-ethyl)amino)naphtalene-1-sulfonic acid (IAEDANS) and 6-bromoacetyl-2-dimetylaminon...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hammarström P,Owenius R,Mårtensson LG,Carlsson U,Lindgren M

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Based on differences between the x-ray crystal structures of ligand-bound and unbound forms, the activation of the erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) was initially proposed to involve a cross-action scissorlike motion. However, the validity of the motions involved in the scissorlike model has been recently challenged. Her...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Corbett MSP,Mark AE,Poger D

更新日期：2017-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a multicellular model characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity to investigate possible mechanisms that underlie circadian network synchronization and rhythmicity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). We populated a two-dimensional grid with 400 model neurons coupled via γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) a...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Vasalou C,Herzog ED,Henson MA

更新日期：2011-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoinduced electron transfer in photosystem I (PS I) proceeds from the excited primary electron donor P700 (a chlorophyll a dimer) via the primary acceptor A0 (chlorophyll a) and the secondary acceptor A1 (phylloquinone) to three [4Fe-4S] clusters, Fx, FA, and FB. Prereduction of the iron-sulfur clusters blocks elec...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Polm M,Brettel K

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a theoretical model for aqueous solutions of double-stranded (ds) DNA with explicit consideration of electrostatic interactions, excluded-volume effects, van der Waals attractions, and salt ions. With reasonable parameters estimated from the DNA structure and experimental data for electrolytes, we are able ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Li Z,Wu J,Wang ZG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of organelle abundance is a fundamental unsolved problem in cell biology. Mechanisms for number control have been proposed in which organelle assembly is actively increased or decreased to compensate for deviations from a set-point, but such phenomena have not been experimentally verified. In this report we ex...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Marshall WF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaining information about receptor profiles on cells, and subsequently finding the most efficient ligands for these signaling receptors, remain challenging tasks in stem cell and cancer research as well as drug development. We introduce a live-cell method with great potential in both screening for surface receptors an...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wienken U,Gaub HE

更新日期：2013-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular chaperones are large proteins or protein complexes from which many proteins require assistance in order to fold. One unique property of molecular chaperones is the cavity they provide in which proteins fold. The interior surface residues which make up the cavities of molecular chaperone complexes from differ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： White AD,Huang W,Jiang S

更新日期：2012-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of two liquid-crystalline phases, alpha and beta, in mixed bilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol was detected by the changes in the distribution of the fluorescence lifetimes of t-PnA, as analyzed by the Maximum Entropy Method. The formation of the liquid-ordered beta-phase, in the 30-40 ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Reyes Mateo C,Ulises Acuña A,Brochon JC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulatory mechanism of sarcomeric activity has not been fully clarified yet because of its complex and cooperative nature, which involves both Ca(2+) and cross-bridge binding to the thin filament. To reveal the mechanism of regulation mediated by the cross-bridges, separately from the effect of Ca(2+), we investi...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Shimamoto Y,Kono F,Suzuki M,Ishiwata S

更新日期：2007-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between two stiff parallel DNA molecules is discussed using linear Debye-Hückel screening theory with and without inclusion of the dielectric discontinuity at the DNA surface, taking into account the helical symmetry of DNA. The pair potential furthermore includes the amount and distribution of counter...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Harreis HM,Likos CN,Löwen H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple photosynthetic bacteria harvest light using pigment-protein complexes which are often arranged in pseudo-organelles called chromatophores. A model of a chromatophore from Rhodospirillum photometricum was constructed based on atomic force microscopy data. Molecular-dynamics simulations and quantum-dynamics calcu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chandler DE,Strümpfer J,Sener M,Scheuring S,Schulten K

更新日期：2014-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recognition that actin filaments are important for numerous cellular processes, and decades of investigation, the dynamics of in vitro actin filaments are still not completely understood. Here, we follow the time evolution of the length distribution of labeled actin reporter filaments in an unlabeled F-act...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Schmoller KM,Niedermayer T,Zensen C,Wurm C,Bausch AR

更新日期：2011-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:By using an analogy between the magnetization of a paramagnetic material in an external magnetic field and the electric polarization of the lateral wall of outer hair cells in response to the transmembrane potential, we show that, based on experimental data on the charge transfer across the membrane, it is impossible ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Scherer MP,Gummer AW

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:An analytical electromechanical model of a spherical cell exposed to an alternating electric field was used to calculate shear stress generated in the cellular membrane. Shape deformation of Neurospora crassa (slime) spheroplasts was measured. Statistical analysis permitted empirical evaluation of creep of the cellula...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Poznański J,Pawłowski P,Fikus M

更新日期：1992-03-01 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 impedance measured in a strip of heart tissue from the moth Hyalophora cecropia is fitted by circuit models of several configurations. The circuits include: (a) a single R-C circuit (b) a double R-C circuit (c) terminated transmission lines, and (d) a pattern of cells with cell-to-cell transmission paths. The last...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Stibitz GR,McCann FV

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise information regarding the transmembrane topology of mitochondrial porin is essential for understanding the mechanisms by which this protein functions. Porin acts as a channel in the outer membrane and interacts with small solutes and proteins to regulate mitochondrial function. The acquisition of high-resoluti...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bay DC,O'Neil JD,Court DA

更新日期：2008-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A requirement for concentrated and chemically homogeneous pools of molecular building blocks would severely restrict plausible scenarios for the origin of life. In the case of membrane self-assembly, models of prebiotic lipid synthesis yield primarily short, single-chain amphiphiles that can form bilayer vesicles only...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Budin I,Prwyes N,Zhang N,Szostak JW

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipids have been treated as dimers on a hexagonal lattice, and a move has been introduced that allows the dimers to move and change their orientation on the lattice. Simulations have been performed in which phospholipid chains have been treated as being either independent or infinitely coupled thermodynamically...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jerala R,Almeida PF,Biltonen RL

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphtheria toxin (DT) contains separate domains for receptor-specific binding, translocation, and enzymatic activity. After binding to cells, DT is taken up into endosome-like acidic compartments where the translocation domain inserts into the endosomal membrane and releases the catalytic domain into the cytosol. The ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kent MS,Yim H,Murton JK,Satija S,Majewski J,Kuzmenko I

更新日期：2008-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical characteristics which govern the water relations of the giant-celled sporangiophore of Phycomyces blakesleeanus were measured with the pressure probe technique and with nanoliter osmometry. These properties are important because they govern water uptake associated with cell growth and because they may in...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Cosgrove DJ,Ortega JK,Shropshire W Jr

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms by which the mammalian mitotic spindle is guided to a predefined orientation through microtubule-cortex interactions have recently received considerable interest, but there has been no dynamic model that describes spindle movements toward the preferred axis in human cells. Here, we develop a dynamic mod...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Corrigan AM,Shrestha R,Draviam VM,Donald AM

更新日期：2015-10-06 00:00:00