Indirect evidence of submicroscopic pores in giant unilamelar vesicles
Rodriguez N, Heuvingh J, Pincet F, Cribier S. Indirect evidence of submicroscopic pores in giant unilamelar vesicles. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2005, 1724: 281-287. PMID: 15978732, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.04.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPore-like structuresGiant unilamellar vesiclesOuter leafletCell membraneTransient poresFluorescent lipidLipid distributionCell compartmentVesiclesGiant vesiclesModel systemUnilamellar vesiclesLipid redistributionGiant unilamelar vesiclesMembrane defectsLipidsMembraneFormation of poresMembrane ruptureSubmicroscopic poresLeafletsExchange of matterHemifusionFluorescent labelsOuter medium