2001
Short-range specific forces are able to induce hemifusion
Pincet F, Lebeau L, Cribier S. Short-range specific forces are able to induce hemifusion. European Biophysics Journal 2001, 30: 91-97. PMID: 11409468, DOI: 10.1007/s002490100131.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepletion forcesInterbilayer distanceAdditional attractive forceAmphiphilic moleculesNucleic basesPolar headBiological membranesLipidic systemsModel membranesPossible structuresFluorescent lipid analogsAttractive forceLow water contentLamellar structureLipid analoguesExtra attractionLipid rearrangementBase pairingWater contentMembrane behaviorNucleosidesPhase transitionMembraneMoleculesAdherent vesicles
1997
Electrostatic Nanotitration of Weak Biochemical Bonds
Pincet F, Rawicz W, Perez E, Lebeau L, Mioskowski C, Evans E. Electrostatic Nanotitration of Weak Biochemical Bonds. Physical Review Letters 1997, 79: 1949-1952. DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.79.1949.Peer-Reviewed Original Research