Published in Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
Gangliosides are glycolipids that are enriched on the outer surface of cell membranes. Gangliosides are receptors for a number of signaling molecules and toxins, and therefore are often incorporated into biosensors. Many of these biosensors incorporate gangliosides into supported lipid bilayers which are formed by the spontaneous rupture of unilame...
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Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research
Doublecortin X (DCX) plays essential roles in neuronal development via its regulation of cytoskeleton dynamics. This is mediated through direct interactions between its doublecortin (DC) domains (DC1 and DC2) with microtubules (MTs) and indirect association with actin filaments (F-ACT). While the regulatory role of the DCX C-terminus following DC2 ...
Published in PLoS biology
Tip growth has been studied in pollen tubes, root hairs, and fungal and oomycete hyphae and is the most widely distributed unidirectional growth process on the planet. It ensures spatial colonization, nutrient predation, fertilization, and symbiosis with growth speeds of up to 800 μm h-1. Although turgor-driven growth is intuitively conceivable, a ...
Published in Wood Science and Technology
Diffusion of fluorescently labeled dextran of varying molecular weight in wood pretreated by steam explosion was studied with a confocal microscope. The steam explosion experiments were conducted at relatively mild conditions relevant for materials biorefinery at a pressure of 14 bars for 10 min. The method of fluorescence recovery after photobleac...
Des solutions d'isolat de protéine de lactosérum (WPI) et d'isolat de protéine de soja (SPI) ont été chauffées à différentes concentrations en protéines conduisant à la formation d'agrégats fractals polydisperses de taille moyenne variable. Lastructure des solutions a été analysée par diffusion de la lumière en fonction de la concentration en proté...
Published in Cytotechnology
Diaphragmatic myoblasts (DMs) are precursors of type-1 muscle cells displaying high exhaustion threshold on account that they contract and relax 20 times/min over a lifespan, making them potentially useful in cardiac regeneration strategies. Besides, it has been shown that biomaterials for stem cell delivery improve cell retention and viability in ...
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Histone proteins play an important role in determining chromatin structure and gene expression. Studies in several systems have established that histones are in continuous turnover within the chromatin. It is therefore important to quantitatively measure the binding dynamics of these proteins in vivo. Photobleaching-based approaches such as fluores...
Published in European Biophysics Journal
Membrane diffusion is one of the key mechanisms in the cellular function of receptors. The signaling of receptors for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) has been extensively studied in the context of several pathological conditions, however, very little is known about RAGE diffusion. To fill this gap, RAGE lateral diffusion is probed in native,...
Published in Journal of cell science
Embryos repair epithelial wounds rapidly in a process driven by collective cell movements. Upon wounding, actin and the molecular motor non-muscle myosin II are redistributed in the cells adjacent to the wound, forming a supracellular purse string around the lesion. Purse string contraction coordinates cell movements and drives rapid wound closure....
