2016
bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles
Zheng H, Lee S, Llaguno M, Jiang Q. bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles. Journal Of Cell Biology 2016, 212: 2122oia1. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.2122oia1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles
Zheng H, Lee S, Llaguno MC, Jiang QX. bSUM: A bead-supported unilamellar membrane system facilitating unidirectional insertion of membrane proteins into giant vesicles. The Journal Of General Physiology 2015, 147: 77-93. PMID: 26712851, PMCID: PMC4692488, DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201511448.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane proteinsIon channelsLipid compositionLipid bilayersMembrane systemLipid-protein interactionsVitro membrane systemSingle-molecule imagingVoltage-gated ion channelsGiant vesiclesUnilamellar naturePlanar electrodesPlanar lipid bilayersSuch proteinsMicroscopic imagingBiophysical analysisFast gating kineticsUnidirectional insertionProteinChannel activityProtein orientationGating kineticsModel systemBilayersSpecific ligands