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CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages 581-587Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.020
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM069630-04, R01 GM069630, GM069630] Funding Source: Medline
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The complexity of biological membranes has motivated the development of a wide variety of simpler model systems whose size, geometry, and composition can be tailored with great precision. Approaches highlighted in this review are illustrated in Figure 1 including vesicles, supported bilayers, and hybrid membrane systems. These have been used to study problems ranging from phase behavior to membrane fusion. Experimental membrane models continue to advance in complexity with respect to architecture, size, and composition, as do computer simulations of their properties and dynamics. Analytical techniques such as imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry have also been developed and refined to give increasing spatial resolution and information content on membrane composition and dynamics.
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