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FM Dyes in Vesicle Recycling
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2023
FM dyes are a class of fluorescent molecules that has found important use in studying the vesicle recycling process. By virtue of a chemical structure, these molecules can insert themselves into the outer leaflet of phospholipid bilayer membranes. After membrane insertion, they are internalized into the cell via endocytosed vesicles, and released when these vesicles recycle back to the membrane. Since, these dyes fluoresce strongly in the hydrophobic environment within membranes and weakly in...
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Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals I
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2020
The mathematical expression known as the wave function, ψ, contains information about each orbital and the wavelike properties of electrons in an isolated atom. When atoms are bound together in a molecule, the wave functions combine to produce new mathematical descriptions that have different shapes. This process of combining the wave functions for atomic orbitals is called hybridization and is mathematically accomplished by the linear combination of atomic orbitals. The new orbitals that...
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Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals II
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2020
sp3d and sp3d 2 Hybridization To describe the five bonding orbitals in a trigonal bipyramidal arrangement, we must use five of the valence shell atomic orbitals (the s orbital, the three p orbitals, and one of the d orbitals), which gives five sp3d hybrid orbitals. With an octahedral arrangement of six hybrid orbitals, we must use six valence shell atomic orbitals (the s orbital, the three p orbitals, and two of the d orbitals in its valence shell), which gives six sp3d 2 hybrid orbitals.
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Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization
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2023
Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WMISH) is a common technique used for visualizing the location of expressed RNAs in embryos. In this process, synthetically produced RNA probes are first complementarily bound, or "hybridized," to the transcripts of target genes. Immunohistochemistry or fluorescence is then used to detect these RNA hybrids, revealing spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression. Unlike traditional in situ hybridization techniques, which require thin tissue sections whose...
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Obtention of Giant Unilamellar Hybrid Vesicles by Electroformation and Measurement of their Mechanical Properties by Micropipette Aspiration
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2020
The goal of the protocol is to reliably measure membrane mechanical properties of giant vesicles by micropipette aspiration.
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In aqueous environments, amphiphilic lipids and polymers organize into bilayers or related membrane structures rather than remaining uniformly dispersed. This self-assembly creates a compartment whose boundary separates an internal space from the surrounding solution. The resulting architecture provides a controllable setting for examining how membrane composition affects organization, permeability, and interactions with biochemical molecules.
Lipid composition, polymer architecture, and surface chemistry are the principal variables identified for tuning these properties. Changing lipid composition can alter membrane behavior, while polymer architecture contributes design flexibility and durability. Surface chemistry affects how the vesicle interacts with proteins or solutes. Together, these factors determine how stable the membrane remains and how readily substances cross it.
The combination brings together complementary material characteristics. Lipids provide biocompatibility and support membrane-like organization, whereas polymers contribute durability and additional opportunities for structural design. This integration allows researchers to adjust membrane stability, permeability, and surface interactions more broadly than a single component may permit. The resulting balance is valuable when constructing biomimetic systems for biochemical investigation.
A design begins by selecting lipid composition, polymer architecture, and surface chemistry according to the desired membrane behavior. Researchers can then use the components' self-assembly in an aqueous environment to form bilayers or related structures and evaluate stability, permeability, and interactions with proteins or solutes. This approach links material choices directly to the intended biochemical function or measurement.
These compartments can encapsulate enzymes or therapeutic molecules, creating a membrane-based means of containing functional cargo. Encapsulation is useful because the surrounding membrane can influence stability, permeability, and interactions with the external environment. In biochemistry, this supports studies of confined molecular systems and contributes to the development of controlled delivery systems for therapeutic or experimental purposes.
Their membrane-like compartments provide simplified systems for investigating how composition and surface properties influence organization and interactions with proteins or solutes. Because the lipid and polymer components can be varied, researchers can examine relationships between membrane design and function in a controlled platform. This makes the systems relevant to biomimetic materials, synthetic cell research, and broader biochemical studies of membranes.