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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Complete - Except Indecipherables Title: I. Micromanipulation and transformations of giant vesicles. II. Gemini surfactants with acetylenic spacers
Abstract: "Part I . The giant vesicle is becoming an object of intense scrutiny by chemists, biologists, and physicists interested in membrane behavior. Giant vesicles are spherical bilayer assemblies with diameters of 1-500 ìm. Having a size and curvature comparable to living calls, giant vesicles can be regarded as ""cytomimetic""--stripped down skeletons of the actual biological counterpart. Importantly, the size of giant vesicles renders them visible by light microscopy and manipulatable by common cytological techniques. Experiments utilizing micromanipulation to transform giant vesicles are described, including vesicle adhesion, electrostatically-driven membrane layering, saponin-induced disruption, and fluorescence quenching evaluation. The work demonstrates the relevance of the giant vesicle to different fields as well as its versatility as a model membrane. |
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