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Biophysical Journal 92:3587-3594 (2007)
© 2007 The Biophysical Society

Formation of Three-Dimensional Structures in Supported Lipid Bilayers

Lee R. Cambrea and Jennifer S. Hovis

Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Correspondence: Address reprint requests to Jennifer S. Hovis, Tel.: 765-494-4115; Fax: 765-494-0239; E-mail: jhovis{at}purdue.edu.

The creation of three-dimensional structures in supported lipid bilayers has been examined. In bilayers, shape transformations can be triggered by adjusting a variety of parameters. Here, it is shown that bilayers composed of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidic acid can be induced to reversibly form cap structures when exposed to an asymmetry in ionic strength. The structures that form depend on the asymmetry in the ionic strength and the amount of anionic lipid. Other factors that may be of importance in the creation of the structures, expansion forces, osmotic forces, and the bilayer-support interaction are discussed. The cap structures have the potential to be of considerable utility in examining the effect that curvature has on membrane processes.




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