2011
Complexin activates and clamps SNAREpins by a common mechanism involving an intermediate energetic state
Li F, Pincet F, Perez E, Giraudo CG, Tareste D, Rothman JE. Complexin activates and clamps SNAREpins by a common mechanism involving an intermediate energetic state. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2011, 18: 941-946. PMID: 21785413, PMCID: PMC3736826, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2102.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Confinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density
Li F, Pincet F. Confinement Free Energy of Surfaces Bearing End-Grafted Polymers in the Mushroom Regime and Local Measurement of the Polymer Density. Langmuir 2007, 23: 12541-12548. PMID: 17988162, DOI: 10.1021/la7021374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolymer chainsMushroom regimeFree energyEnd-Grafted PolymersSurface force measurementsSingle polymer chainSurface force apparatusEnd-tethered polymer chainsInteraction free energyGrafted polymersForce apparatusPolymer densityForce profilesPolymersConfinement free energyPolymer theoryLipid bilayersIdentical surfacesMushroomlike structuresFree energy approximationForce measurementsSurfacePlanar surfaceGood precisionChainEnergetics and dynamics of SNAREpin folding across lipid bilayers
Li F, Pincet F, Perez E, Eng WS, Melia TJ, Rothman JE, Tareste D. Energetics and dynamics of SNAREpin folding across lipid bilayers. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2007, 14: 890-896. PMID: 17906638, DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsLipid BilayersMembrane FusionMiceProtein ConformationProtein FoldingRatsSNARE ProteinsSurface Properties