Reconstitution of membrane proteins in artificial membrane systems creates a platform for
exploring their potential for pharmacological or biotechnological applications. Previously, we …

Membrane protein and membrane protein–mimic functionalized materials are rapidly
gaining interest across a wide range of applications, including drug screening, DNA …

Structural and biophysical characterization of transmembrane proteins that require
sufficiently pure protein in high amounts are usually generated in large-scale preparations …

Background Mimicking cell membranes by simple models based on the reconstitution of
membrane proteins in lipid bilayers represents a straightforward approach to understand …

Membrane proteins perform a large number of essential biological tasks, but the
understanding of these proteins has progressed much more slowly than that of globular …

Planar solid-supported membranes based on amphiphilic block copolymers represent
promising systems for the artificial creation of structural surfaces. Here we introduce a …

Biomedical platforms constructed by immobilizing membrane proteins in matrixes made of
synthetic organic polymers is a challenge because the structure and function of these …

Lipid bilayer membranes have been extensively utilized to examine membrane channel and
pore proteins and are the subjects of study in their own right. There has been considerable …

Synthetic biomimetic membranes provide biological environments to membrane proteins. By
exploiting the central roles of biological membranes, it is possible to devise biosensors, drug …

Molecular sensing, water purification and desalination, drug delivery, and DNA sequencing
are some striking applications of biomimetic hybrid membranes. These devices take …