Protocells: Rapid Growth and Fusion of Protocells in Surface‐Adhered Membrane Networks (Small 38/2020)
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Abstract
In article number 2002529, Irep Gozen and co-workers present experimental evidence that nucleation and growth of protocell-like membrane compartments from surface-adhered lipid nanotube networks are significantly enhanced at temperatures between 40 and 70 °C, and fusion can be initiated at ≈90 °C. They show that the microcontainers (5–15 μm) formed in this manner encapsulate and redistribute RNA, and corroborate that lipid nanotube–interconnected neighboring vesicles join and fuse more rapidly than in bulk suspensions.
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OpenAlex topics: Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
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Affiliations
Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway Faculty of Medicine University of Oslo Oslo 0318 Norway
Department of Mathematics Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Oslo Oslo 0315 Norway
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg SE‐412 96 Sweden
Department of Chemistry Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Oslo Oslo 0315 Norway
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