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Native Planar Asymmetric Suspended Membrane for Single‐Molecule Investigations: Plasma Membrane on a Chip
Sundaram R, Bera M, Coleman J, Weerakkody J, Krishnakumar S, Ramakrishnan S. Native Planar Asymmetric Suspended Membrane for Single‐Molecule Investigations: Plasma Membrane on a Chip. Small 2022, 18: e2205567. PMID: 36328714, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202205567.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membraneProtein assembliesNative plasma membrane vesiclesTotal internal reflection fluorescence microscopySingle-molecule levelSingle-molecule investigationsCellular plasma membranePlasma membrane vesiclesSingle-molecule precisionReflection fluorescence microscopyKnowledge of lipidProtein complexesProtein architectureCell signalingMovement of moleculesProtein orientationLipid membranesBiological processesCellular membranesMembrane vesiclesMicroarray platformFluorescence investigationsLipid domainsFluorescence microscopyMembrane
2019
Highly Reproducible Physiological Asymmetric Membrane with Freely Diffusing Embedded Proteins in a 3D‐Printed Microfluidic Setup
Heo P, Ramakrishnan S, Coleman J, Rothman JE, Fleury J, Pincet F. Highly Reproducible Physiological Asymmetric Membrane with Freely Diffusing Embedded Proteins in a 3D‐Printed Microfluidic Setup. Small 2019, 15: e1900725. PMID: 30977975, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900725.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMost biological processesLipid leafletAreas of biologyEmbedded proteinsBiological processesRelevant lipidsProteinAsymmetric bilayersPhysiological conditionsModel membranesPlanar bilayersBilayer formation processInvaluable insightsBilayersConfocal microscopeMembraneLipidsTransmembraneBiologyLeafletsMicrofluidic setupRecapitulation