Surface potentials measure ion concentrations near lipid bilayers during rapid solution changes.

abstract：:A new model is proposed to account for the apparent conductance changes of the sodium, or early, channel in nerve fiber membranes. In this model it is assumed that the channels are gated at the interior side of the membrane and are resistively limited at the exterior side by sodium selective barriers of high resistanc...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hoyt RC,Strieb JD

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hundreds of cationic antimicrobial and cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) form amphipathic α-helices when bound to lipid membranes. Here, we test two hypotheses for the differences in the ability of these peptides to translocate across membranes. The first, which we now call the hydrophobicity hypothesis, is that peptid...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ablan FDO,Spaller BL,Abdo KI,Almeida PF

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we extend the ability to predict hydrodynamic coefficients and other solution properties of rigid macromolecular structures from atomic-level structures, implemented in the computer program HYDROPRO, to models with lower, residue-level resolution. Whereas in the former case there is one bead per nonhydrogen atom,...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ortega A,Amorós D,García de la Torre J

更新日期：2011-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that electromagnetic fields cause mechanical forces. If one applies an electrical field to a suspension of microscopic particles, these particles realign themselves along the direction of the field and form pearl-chain-like aggregates. These chains are mostly single stranded but they are frequently mu...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Takashima S,Schwan HP

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-standing question about membrane structure and function is the degree to which the physical properties of the inner and outer leaflets of a bilayer are coupled to one another. Using our recently developed methods to prepare asymmetric vesicles, coupling was investigated for vesicles containing phosphatidylcholi...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chiantia S,London E

更新日期：2012-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfolobus solfataricus carboxypeptidase (CPSso) is a thermostable zinc-metalloenzyme with a M(r) of 43,000. Taking into account the experimentally determined zinc content of one ion per subunit, we developed two alternative 3D models, starting from the available structures of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris carboxypeptida...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Occhipinti E,Martelli PL,Spinozzi F,Corsi F,Formantici C,Molteni L,Amenitsch H,Mariani P,Tortora P,Casadio R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem of the desorption of a lipid molecule from a lipid vesicle (donor) and its incorporation into another vesicle (acceptor) at high acceptor concentrations, which has been investigated experimentally (Jones, J. D. and Thompson, T. E., 1990. Biochemistry, 29:1593-1600), is analyzed here from a theoretical poin...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Almeida PF

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mie theory of scattering is used to provide new information on how changes in particle volume, with no change in dry weight, should influence light scattering for various scattering angles and particle sizes. Many biological cells (e.g., algal cells, erythrocytes) and large subcellular structures (e.g., chloroplas...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Latimer P,Pyle BE

更新日期：1972-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining an azobenzene chromophore with the bis-cysteinyl active-site sequence of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) we constructed a simple but promising model for allosteric conformational rearrangements. Paralleling cellular signaling events, an external trigger, here absorption of a photon, leads to a structur...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Löweneck M,Milbradt AG,Root C,Satzger H,Zinth W,Moroder L,Renner C

更新日期：2006-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The E5 oncoprotein is the major transforming protein of bovine papillomavirus type 1. This 44-residue transmembrane protein can interact with the platelet-derived growth factor receptor β, leading to ligand-independent activation and cell transformation. For productive interaction, E5 needs to dimerize via a C-termina...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Windisch D,Hoffmann S,Afonin S,Vollmer S,Benamira S,Langer B,Bürck J,Muhle-Goll C,Ulrich AS

更新日期：2010-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells (RBCs) have highly deformable viscoelastic membranes exhibiting complex rheological response and rich hydrodynamic behavior governed by special elastic and bending properties and by the external/internal fluid and membrane viscosities. We present a multiscale RBC model that is able to predict RBC mecha...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Fedosov DA,Caswell B,Karniadakis GE

更新日期：2010-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Time courses of myelin lattice swelling in toad sciatic nerves preexposed to different treatments were determined by x-ray diffraction using a one-dimensional position-sensitive detector. In the nerves supramaximally stimulated for 1 h at 200 Hz, the subsequent process of myelin swelling occurred 45.0 +/- 7.3 min (n =...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Padrón R,Mateu L

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supercoiled DNA polymer models for which the torsional energy depends on the total twist of molecules (Tw) are a priori well suited for thermodynamic analysis of long molecules. So far, nevertheless, the exact determination of Tw in these models has been based on a computation of the writhe of the molecules (Wr) by ex...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Lepage T,Képès F,Junier I

更新日期：2015-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP(2)) is critical for a number of physiological functions, and its presence in membrane microdomains (rafts) appears to be important for several of these spatially localized events. However, lipids like PIP(2) that contain polyunsaturated hydrocarbon chains are usuall...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Tong J,Nguyen L,Vidal A,Simon SA,Skene JH,McIntosh TJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropomyosin (Tm) paracrystal formation induced by Mg2+ was studied by monitoring increases in light scattering. Paracrystals formed above a critical Tm concentration with lag phases in the time courses at pH 7.5 and 6.0, indicating that condensation polymerization processes are involved. The kinetic data at pH 7.5 rea...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ishii Y,Lehrer SS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TRPV1 cation nonselective ion channel plays an essential role in thermosensation and perception of other noxious stimuli. TRPV1 can be activated by low extracellular pH, high temperature, or naturally occurring pungent molecules such as allicin, capsaicin, or resiniferatoxin. Its noxious thermal sensitivity makes ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Ladrón-de-Guevara E,Dominguez L,Rangel-Yescas GE,Fernández-Velasco DA,Torres-Larios A,Rosenbaum T,Islas LD

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A phenomenological theory for contracting muscle based on irreversible thermodynamics and the sliding filament theory is developed. The individual cross bridges, considered as subunits, are viewed as linear energy converters with constant transport coefficients. With this view of the subunits, phenomenological equatio...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Bornhorst WJ,Minardi JE

更新日期：1970-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solute transport through the extracellular matrix is essential for cellular activities in articular cartilage. Increased solute transport via fluid convection may be a mechanism by which dynamic compression stimulates chondrocyte metabolism. However, loading conditions that optimally augment transport likely vary for ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Evans RC,Quinn TM

更新日期：2006-08-15 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：:Kinesin is a motor protein that uses the energy derived from the hydrolysis of ATP to power the transport of organelles along microtubules. To probe the mechanism of this chemical-to-mechanical energy transduction reaction, the movement of microtubules across glass surfaces coated with kinesin was perturbed by raising...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Hunt AJ,Gittes F,Howard J

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateral tension in cell plasma membranes plays an essential role in regulation of a number of membrane-related intracellular processes and cell motion. Understanding the physical factors generating the lateral tension and quantitative determination of the tension distribution along the cell membrane is an emerging top...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Schweitzer Y,Lieber AD,Keren K,Kozlov MM

更新日期：2014-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Tendons are important load-bearing structures, which are frequently injured in both sports and work. Type I collagen fibrils are the primary components of tendons and carry most of the mechanical loads experienced by the tissue, however, knowledge of how load is transmitted between and within fibrils is limited. The p...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Svensson RB,Mulder H,Kovanen V,Magnusson SP

更新日期：2013-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:An understanding of the structure-dynamics relationship is essential for understanding how a protein works. Prior research has shown that the activity of a protein correlates with intradomain dynamics occurring at picosecond to millisecond timescales. However, the correlation between interdomain dynamics and the funct...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Kumar L,Nash A,Harms C,Planas-Iglesias J,Wright D,Klein-Seetharaman J,Sarkar SK

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Using both quasi-elastic light scattering spectroscopy and angular dissymmetry in the intensity of the scattered light, we examined the onset of turbidity for intact calf lenses and for isolated nuclear cytoplasm. In the case of the nuclear cytoplasm these measurements demonstrate the presence of two kinds of scattere...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Delaye M,Clark JI,Benedek GB

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The solution-scattering profiles of macromolecules are significantly affected by the thermal motions of their atoms, especially at wide scattering angles, even when only a single conformational state is significantly populated in solution. Here it is shown that the impact thermal motions have on the molecular componen...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Moore PB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a model of the rat ventricular myocyte at room temperature to predict the relative effects of different mechanisms on the cause of the slow increase in force in response to a step change in muscle length. We performed simulations in the presence of stretch-dependent increases in flux through the Na(+)-H(+...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Niederer SA,Smith NP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule epifluorescence microscopy was used to observe the translational motion of GPI-linked and native I-E(k) class II MHC membrane proteins in the plasma membrane of CHO cells. The purpose of the study was to look for deviations from Brownian diffusion that might arise from barriers to this motion. Detergen...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Vrljic M,Nishimura SY,Brasselet S,Moerner WE,McConnell HM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation with fluorescence detection has emerged as a powerful method for the study of interacting systems of macromolecules. It combines picomolar sensitivity with high hydrodynamic resolution, and can be carried out with photoswitchable fluorophores for multicomponent dis...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Chaturvedi SK,Zhao H,Schuck P

更新日期：2017-04-11 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：:Small RNA-mRNA binding is an essential step in RNA interference, an important cellular regulatory process. Calculations of binding free energy have been used in binding site prediction, but the cost of stretching the mRNA loop when the small RNA-mRNA duplex forms requires further exploration. Here, using both polymer ...

journal_title：Biophysical journal

authors： Meng Y,Aalberts DP

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00