Membrane fusion and aggregation of phospholipid vesicles are reviewed and discussed.
The fusion process is viewed as consisting of several stages: aggregation and close …

The use of liposomes as drug carrying vehicles are summarized. Introduction of smaller
doses, increased permeability, reduced toxicological and allergic effects and altered …

Electrophoretic mobility and 31 P NMR measurements were combined to test whether the
combination of the Henry, Boltzmann and Grahame equations is capable of describing the …

Liposomes represent important drug carrier vehicles in biological systems. A fusogenic
liposomal system composed of equimolar mixtures of the cationic lipid DOTAP and the …

1. Phospholipase C (phosphatidylcholine choline phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1. 4.3) from
Bacillus cereus is unable to produce either lysis or phospholipid hydrolysis in intact pig …

Artificial cells are minimal structures constructed from biomolecular building blocks designed
to mimic cellular processes, behaviors, and architectures. One near-ubiquitous feature of …

Role of calcium in the adhesion and fusion of bilayers Page 1 Biochemistry 1993, 32, 1127-1140
1127 Role of Calcium in the Adhesion and Fusion of Bilayers1- D. E. Leckband,1 C. A. Helm,§ …

Differences in the interaction of Ca 2+ and Mg 2+ with phosphatidylserine vesicles were
revealed by binding studies, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction. The two …

The plasma lipoproteins have become the focus of extensive study in the last ten years. The
clinical interest in the plasma lipoproteins is, in large part, due to accumulated evidence …

Publisher Summary The central problem of membrane structure and its correlation with
physiological and biochemical functions is to define the organization of constituent …