Time-lapse measurement of membrane tension and mechanism of channel activity (IMAGE)

University of Fukui

Time-lapse measurement of membrane tension and mechanism of channel activity

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The scientists formed a simple lipid bilayer by docking two monolayer-lined water bubbles and evaluated membrane tension based on the Young-Laplace principle to measure intra-bubble pressures lower than 100 pascals, using a time-lapse system. This simple model avoids the use of ultra-complex membranes of real, "live" cells.

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Masayuki Iwamoto from University of Fukui

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