The Giant Vesicle Book.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dimova, Rumiana (Scientist)

Contributor:

Marques, Carlos M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liposomes.

Lipid membranes--Biotechnology.

Lipid membranes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 652 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2019.

Summary:

Giant vesicles are widely used as a model membrane system, both for basic biological systems and for their promising applications in the development of smart materials and cell mimetics, as well as in driving new technologies in synthetic biology and for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry. The reader is guided to use giant vesicles, from the formation of simple membrane platforms to advanced membrane and cell system models. It also includes fundamentals for understanding lipid or polymer membrane structure, properties and behavior. Every chapter includes ideas for further applications and discussions on the implications of the observed phenomena towards understanding membrane-related processes. The Giant Vesicle Book is meant to be a road companion, a trusted guide for those making their first steps in this field as well as a source of information required by experts. Key Features A complete summary of the field, covering fundamental concepts, practical methods, core theory, and the most promising applications A start-up package of theoretical and experimental information for newcomers in the field Extensive protocols for establishing the required preparations and assays Tips and instructions for carefully performing and interpreting measurements with giant vesicles or for observing them, including pitfalls Approaches developed for investigating giant vesicles as well as brief overviews of previous studies implementing the described techniques Handy tables with data and structures for ready reference

Contents:

Preparation methods for giant unilamellar vesicles / Rumiana Dimova, Pasquale Stano, Carlos M. Marques and Peter Walde

Preparation and properties of giant plasma membrane vesicles and giant unilamellar vesicles from natural membranes / Joseph H. Lorent and Ilya Levental

Protein reconstitution in giant vesicles / Matthias Garten, Daniel Lévy and Patricia Bassereau

GUVs with cytoskeleton / Tobias Härtel and Petra Schwille

Understanding giant vesicles : a theoretical perspective / Reinhard Lipowsky

Simulating membranes, vesicles, and cells / Thorsten Auth, Dmitry A. Fedosov and Gerhard Gompper

Theory of vesicle dynamics in flow and electric fields / Petia M. Vlahovska and Chaouqi Misbah

Particle-membrane interactions / Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Reinhard Lipowsky

Theory of polymer-membrane interactions / Fabrice Thalmann and Carlos M. Marques

Application of optical microscopy techniques on giant unilamellar vesicles / Luis A. Bagatolli

Mechanics assays of synthetic lipid membranes based on micropipette aspiration / Elisa Parra and David Needham

Atomic force microscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles / Andreas Janshoff

Manipulation and biophysical characterization of GUVs with an optical stretcher / Gheorghe Cojoc, Antoine Girot, Ulysse Delabre and Jochen Guck

Vesicle fluctuation analysis / John Hjort Ipsen, Allan Grønhøj Hansen and Tripta Bhatia

Using electric fields to assess membrane material properties in GUVs / Rumiana Dimova and Karin A. Riske

Creating membrane nanotubes from GUVs / Coline Prévost, Mijo Simunovic and Patricia Bassereau

Measuring GUV adhesion / Kheya Sengupta and Ana Smith

Phase diagrams and tie lines in GUVs / Matthew C. Blosser, Caitlin Cornell, Scott P. Rayermann and Sarah L. Keller

Vesicle dynamics in flow: an experimental approach / Victor Steinberg and Michael Levan

Membrane permeability measurements / Begoña Ugarte-Uribe, Ana J. García-Sáez and Mireille M.A E. Claessens

Lipid and protein mobility in GUVs / Begoña Ugarte-Uribe, Kushal Kumar Das and Ana J. García-Sáez

Shining light on membranes / Rosangela Itri, Carlos M. Marques and Mauricio S. Baptista

Protein-membrane interactions / Eva M Schmid and Daniel A Fletcher

Effects of antimicrobial peptides and detergents on GUVS / Karin A. Riske

Lipid-polymer interactions: effect on GUVs shapes and behavior / Brigitte Pépin-Donat, François Quemeneur and Clément Campillo

Polymersomes / Praful Nair, David Christian and Dennis E. Discher

Giant hybrid polymer/lipid vesicles / Thi Phuong Tuyen Dao, Khalid Ferji, Fabio Fernandes, Manuel Prieto, Sébastien Lecommandoux, Emmanuel Ibarboure, Olivier Sandre and Jean-François Le Meins

Giant unilamellar vesicles: from protocell models to the construction of minimal cells / Masayuki Imai and Peter Walde

Encapsulation of aqueous two-phase systems and gels within giant lipid vesicles / Allyson M. Marianelli and Christine D. Keating

Droplet-supported giant lipid vesicles as compartments for synthetic biology / Johannes P. Frohnmayer, Marian Weiss, Lucia T. Benk, Jan-Willi Janiesch, Barbara Haller, Rafael B. Lira, Rumiana Dimova, Ilia Plazman and Joachim P. Spatz.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from pdf title page (EBSCO, viewed on January 13, 2022).

ISBN:

9781498752183

1498752187

9781351648554

1351648551

9781315152516

1315152517

OCLC:

1128438324