Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| 1,2-Dioleoyl-sn-Glycero-3-Phosph–thanolamine "PE" | Avanti | 850725C | |
| L-α-Phosphatidylcholine (Egg, Chicken) "PC" | Avanti | 840051C | |
| L-α-Phosphatidylinositol (Liver, Bovine) "PI" | Avanti | 840042C | |
| L-α-Phosphatidylserine (Brain, Porcine) "PS" | Avanti | 8400320 | |
| Cardiolipin (Heart, Bovine - Sodium Salt) "CL" | Avanti | 840012C | |
| Mini-extruder set | Avanti | 610023 | |
| PC membrane 0.2 mM | Avanti | 610006 | |
| Costar black 96 well plate | Fisher Scientific | 07-200-590 | |
| Caspase-8 cleaved human BID | R&D Systems | 882-B8-050 | |
| Human BCL-xL (minus C-terminus) | R&D Systems | 894-BX-050 | |
| BID/PUMA BH3 domain peptides | Anaspec | 61711/62404 | |
| Synergy H1 hybrid multi-mode microplate reader | BioTek | None |
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