Interspike interval fluctuations in the crayfish stretch receptor.

abstract：:Peptidoglycan hydrolases are bacterial secreted enzymes that cleave covalent bonds in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, thereby fulfilling major physiological functions during cell growth and division. Although the molecular structure and functional roles of these enzymes have been widely studied, the molecular details und...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Beaussart A,Rolain T,Duchêne MC,El-Kirat-Chatel S,Andre G,Hols P,Dufrêne YF

更新日期：2013-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy has become an important measurement tool for investigating molecular dynamics, molecular interactions, and chemical kinetics in biological systems. Although the basic theory of fluctuation spectroscopy is well established, it is not widely recognized that saturation of the fluores...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nagy A,Wu J,Berland KM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assess the cross-reactivity of both cellular as well as recombinant E- and N-cadherins using functionalized bead arrays assembled on atomic-force-microscope cantilevers. This new approach builds upon and enhances the utility of a recently developed force probe that integrates a custom-built, horizontal atomic force...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ounkomol C,Yamada S,Heinrich V

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Actin is ubiquitous globular protein that polymerizes into filaments and forms networks that participate in the force generation of eukaryotic cells. Such forces are used for cell motility, cytokinesis, and tissue remodeling. Among those actin networks, we focus on the actin cortex, a dense branched network beneath th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bussonnier M,Carvalho K,Lemière J,Joanny JF,Sykes C,Betz T

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To monitor the lateral segregation of lipids into liquid-ordered (Lo) and -disordered (Ld) phases in lipid membranes, environment-sensitive dyes that partition in both phases but stain them differently have been developed. Of particular interest is the dual-color F2N12S probe, which can discriminate the two phases thr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kilin V,Glushonkov O,Herdly L,Klymchenko A,Richert L,Mely Y

更新日期：2015-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum channel (ryanodine receptor) from cardiac myocytes was reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers consisting of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (POPE) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) in varying ratios. The channel activity parameters, i.e., open probability an...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Cannon B,Hermansson M,Györke S,Somerharju P,Virtanen JA,Cheng KH

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca(2+) ion effect on protoplasmic streaming in an internodal cell of Nitella has been investigated for various temperatures. We have found that the protoplasmic streaming at low temperature is remarkably affected by the Ca(2+) ions in the internodal cell but larger concentrations of the Ca(2+) ions are needed to suppr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Takamatsu A,Aoki T,Tsuchiya Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper the geometrical properties of gel and fluid clusters of equimolar dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC/DSPC) lipid bilayers are calculated by using an Ising-type model (Sugar, I. P., T. E. Thompson, and R. L. Biltonen. 1999. Biophys. J. 76:2099-2110). The model is able to pr...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Sugár IP,Michonova-Alexova E,Chong PL

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyranine (8-hydroxy pyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonate) is a commonly used photoacid that discharges a proton when excited to its first electronic singlet state. Follow-up of its dissociation kinetics reveals the physicochemical properties of its most immediate environment. At vanishing ionic strength the dye adsorbs to the Es...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Nachliel E,Pollak N,Huppert D,Gutman M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OVER A DECADE AND A HALF AGO, WHEN THE FIRST VISIBLE MEMBRANE SUSPENSION CIRCULAR DICHROIC (CD) SPECTRUM OF THE PURPLE MEMBRANE (PM) WAS PRESENTED, TWO MECHANISMS WERE PROPOSED TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OBSERVED BIPHASIC SHAPED CD BAND: (a) excitonic interactions among the retinals of the sole protein bacteriorhodopsin (bR) ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Cassim JY

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermodynamic analysis of metabolic networks has recently generated increasing interest for its ability to add constraints on metabolic network operation, and to combine metabolic fluxes and metabolite measurements in a mechanistic manner. Concepts for the calculation of the change in Gibbs energy of biochemical react...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jol SJ,Kümmel A,Hatzimanikatis V,Beard DA,Heinemann M

更新日期：2010-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The energy transfer and charge separation kinetics of a photosystem I (PS I) core particle of an antenna size of 100 chlorophyll/P700 has been studied by combined fluorescence and transient absorption kinetics with picosecond resolution. This is the first combined picosecond study of transient absorption and fluoresce...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Holzwarth AR,Schatz G,Brock H,Bittersmann E

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclei of epididymal sperm, isolated from C57BL/6J and CBA/J inbred mice by their resistance to trypsin digestion, retain the shape differences of the intact sperm head. Various physical characteristics of these nuclei were measured and compared. The measurement of the projected dimensions of nuclei showed that th...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Wyrobek AJ,Meistrich ML,Furrer R,Bruce WR

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unfolding and folding of protein barnase has been extensively investigated in bulk conditions under the effect of denaturant and temperature. These experiments provided information about structural and kinetic features of both the native and the unfolded states of the protein, and debates about the possible existe...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Alemany A,Rey-Serra B,Frutos S,Cecconi C,Ritort F

更新日期：2016-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A detailed picture of water and ion properties in small pores is important for understanding the behavior of biological ion channels. Several recent modeling studies have shown that small, hydrophobic pores exclude water and ions even if they are physically large enough to accommodate them, a mechanism called hydropho...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Spronk SA,Elmore DE,Dougherty DA

更新日期：2006-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin (CaM) is a highly flexible calcium-binding protein that mediates signal transduction through an ability to differentially bind to highly variable binding sequences in target proteins. To identify how binding affects CaM motions, and its relationship to conformational entropy and target peptide sequence, we ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Smith DM,Straatsma TP,Squier TC

更新日期：2012-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of alkali cations on the nuclear magnetic resonance intensity of 23Na were studied in rat liver homogenate. The loss in the resonance intensity of 23Na in the homogenate was able to be divided into two components, one of which is abolished by the addition of Cs+ ("Cs-sensitive component"), the other being inse...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Monoi H

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer, circular dichroism, and molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the structural dependence of synaptotagmin 1's intrinsically disordered region (IDR) on phosphorylation and dielectric constant. We found that a peptide corresponding to the full-length IDR seq...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Fealey ME,Binder BP,Uversky VN,Hinderliter A,Thomas DD

更新日期：2018-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The E462R mutation in the fifth position of the AID (alpha1 subunit interaction domain) region in the I-II linker is known to significantly accelerate voltage-dependent inactivation (VDI) kinetics of the L-type CaV1.2 channel, suggesting that the AID region could participate in a hinged-lid type inactivation mechanism...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dafi O,Berrou L,Dodier Y,Raybaud A,Sauvé R,Parent L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present direct quasielastic neutron scattering measurements, in vivo, of macromolecular dynamics in Escherichia coli. The experiments were performed on a wide range of timescales to cover the large panel of internal and self-diffusion motions. Three major internal processes were extracted at physiological temperatu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Jasnin M,Moulin M,Haertlein M,Zaccai G,Tehei M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used micron-sized latex spheres to probe the phase state and the viscoelastic properties of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayers as a function of temperature. One or two particles were manipulated and stuck to a DMPC giant vesicle by means of an optical trap. Above the fluid-gel main transition temperatur...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dimova R,Pouligny B,Dietrich C

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme F1-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is a molecular motor that converts the chemical energy stored in the molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into mechanical rotation of its gamma-subunit. During steady-state catalysis, the three catalytic sites of F1 operate in a cooperative fashion such that at every in...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Dittrich M,Hayashi S,Schulten K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-bandwidth measurements of the ion current through hafnium oxide and silicon nitride nanopores allow the analysis of sub-30 kD protein molecules with unprecedented time resolution and detection efficiency. Measured capture rates suggest that at moderate transmembrane bias values, a substantial fraction of protein ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Larkin J,Henley RY,Muthukumar M,Rosenstein JK,Wanunu M

更新日期：2014-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A model alpha-helical peptide encapsulated in a reverse micelle is used to study the structure and dynamics of proteins under constrained environments that mimic the membrane-water environment in cells. Molecular dynamics simulations of the self assembly of systems composed of a peptide, sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfo...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Tian J,Garcia AE

更新日期：2009-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor activity modifying proteins (RAMPs) are a family of single-pass transmembrane proteins that dimerize with G-protein-coupled receptors. They may alter the ligand recognition properties of the receptors (particularly for the calcitonin receptor-like receptor, CLR). Very little structural information is availabl...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Simms J,Hay DL,Wheatley M,Poyner DR

更新日期：2006-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of the inverted hexagonal (H(II)) phase from the lamellar (L(alpha)) phase of bovine brain-extracted phosphatidylcholine (BBPC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (BBPE) was investigated using 31P-NMR with or without cholesterol. When the ratio of BBPC to BBPE was 1:1, the H(II) formation was observed in the prese...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hayakawa E,Naganuma M,Mukasa K,Shimozawa T,Araiso T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous data as well as new results are examined with a view to determining the boundary conditions which present experimental information places on a satisfactory polypeptide chain model for the structure of feather keratin. Our studies indicate these conditions to include the following: (1) A 189 A identity period,...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Schor R,Krimm S

更新日期：1961-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously studied single, voltage-dependent, saxitoxin-(STX) blockable sodium channels from rat brain in planar lipid bilayers, and found that channel block by STX was voltage-dependent. Here we describe the effect of voltage on the degree of block and on the kinetics of the blocking reaction. From their volt...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： French RJ,Worley JF 3rd,Krueger BK

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular matrix contains components with remarkable mechanical properties, including fibronectin (Fn) fibers with extensibilities of >700% strain. We utilized what we consider a novel technique to quantify the extent of molecular unfolding that contributes to Fn fiber extension, and we compared this behavior ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bradshaw MJ,Smith ML

更新日期：2011-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The prediction of absolute ligand-receptor binding affinities is essential in a wide range of biophysical queries, from the study of protein-protein interactions to structure-based drug design. End-point free energy methods, such as the Molecular Mechanics Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area (MM/PBSA) model, have received ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Swanson JM,Henchman RH,McCammon JA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00