Crown ethers are heterocycles that, in their simplest form, are cyclic oligomers of dioxane.
The essential repeating unit of any simple crown ether is ethyleneoxy, ie,-CH2CH2O-, which …

Membrane fusion is essential for cell survival and has attracted a great deal of both
theoretical and experimental interest. Fluorescence (de) quenching measurements were …

To characterize the specificity of ion binding to phospholipids in terms of headgroup
structure, hydration and lyotropic phase behavior we studied 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl …

We present what is, to our knowledge, the first experimental demonstration of dielectric
constant measurement and quantification of supported lipid bilayers in electrolyte solutions …

Odd as it may seem, experimental challenges in lipid research are often hampered by the
simplicity of the lipid structure. Since, as in protein research, mutants or overexpression of …

The divalent cation Ca2+ is a key component in many cell signaling and membrane
trafficking pathways. Ca2+ signal transduction commonly occurs through interaction with …

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 …

One of the new strategies to improve cancer chemotherapy is based on new drug delivery
systems, like the polyethylene glycol-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles …

Abstract Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) is used widely to mediate cell-cell fusion in the
production of somatic cell hybrids and in the fusion injection of macromolecules into cultured …

α-Helical membrane proteins fulfill many vital roles in all living cells and constitute the
majority of drug targets. However, their relevance is in no way paralleled by our current …