Membrane fusion is fundamental to the life of eukaryotic cells. Cellular trafficking and
compartmentalization, import of food stuffs and export of waste, inter-cellular communication …

Mixtures of PEG-phospholipid conjugates and phosphatidylcholine show mainly three
different physical states: lamellar phase with components exhibiting some miscibility …

Polymer-bearing lipids have recently been incorporated into liposomes that are used in in
vivo drug delivery. This strategy has improved the liposome's ability to avoid the …

The effect of lipid headgroup and curvature-related acyl packing stress on PEG-induced
phospholipid vesicle aggregation and fusion were studied by measuring vesicle and …

This chapter presents a materials view of the lipid membrane as a cohesive material
structure and, where appropriate, comparisons will be made between bilayer surface …

Recent evidence suggests that the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) has an elevated
level of proteases, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), involved in cell membrane …

Publisher Summary This chapter has its focus on applications of phospholipid vesicles for
the elucidation of molecular mechanisms of membrane fusion. Rather than presenting a …

Nonadsorbing polymers such as dextran and poly (ethylene glycol) enhance binding as well
as extents of fusion of influenza virus with erythrocytes. Kinetics and extent of viral …

Erythrocytes adhere to each other when suspended in supra-threshold concentrations of
dextran of molecular mass of 40 kD or greater. The plasma membranes are parallel to each …

INTRODUCTION The quantitative distinction between, and the measurement of, apolar and
polar surface tension components and parameters of liquids and solids has become …