Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies
Membranes are amongst the most important biological structures; they maintain the fundamental integrity of cells, compartmentalize regions within them and play an active role in a wide range of cellular processes. Pressure can play a key role in probing the structure and dynamics of membrane assembl...
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| description | Membranes are amongst the most important biological structures; they maintain the fundamental integrity of cells, compartmentalize regions within them and play an active role in a wide range of cellular processes. Pressure can play a key role in probing the structure and dynamics of membrane assemblies, and is also critical to the biology and adaptation of deep-sea organisms. This article presents an overview of the effect of pressure on the mesostructure of lipid membranes, bilayer organization and lipid–protein assemblies. It also summarizes recent developments in high-pressure structural instrumentation suitable for experiments on membranes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00bfcb533d18484db8e586ccfe05bb402022-12-22T04:08:54ZengInternational Union of CrystallographyIUCrJ2052-25252014-11-011647047710.1107/S2052252514019551mf5006Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assembliesNicholas J. Brooks0Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, EnglandMembranes are amongst the most important biological structures; they maintain the fundamental integrity of cells, compartmentalize regions within them and play an active role in a wide range of cellular processes. Pressure can play a key role in probing the structure and dynamics of membrane assemblies, and is also critical to the biology and adaptation of deep-sea organisms. This article presents an overview of the effect of pressure on the mesostructure of lipid membranes, bilayer organization and lipid–protein assemblies. It also summarizes recent developments in high-pressure structural instrumentation suitable for experiments on membranes.http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252514019551biological membraneslipidsbilayerslipid–protein assemblieshigh-pressure studies |
| spellingShingle | Nicholas J. Brooks Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies IUCrJ biological membranes lipids bilayers lipid–protein assemblies high-pressure studies |
| title | Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies |
| title_full | Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies |
| title_fullStr | Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies |
| title_short | Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies |
| title_sort | pressure effects on lipids and bio membrane assemblies |
| topic | biological membranes lipids bilayers lipid–protein assemblies high-pressure studies |
| url | http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052252514019551 |
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