2000
DOI: 10.1107/s0021889899012765
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Temperature-induced micelle to vesicle transition: kinetic effects in the DMPC/NaC system

Abstract: The formation of spherical and monodisperse small unilamellar vesicles is observed upon temperature jumps in a mixed system composed of a phospholipid (dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine) and a bile salt (sodium cholate) in an aqueous buffer. In order to enhance the X-ray contrast of the system a mixed water/sucrose buffer is used. The spontaneous formation of unilamellar structures from mixed micelles upon temperature increase and the reverse solubilisation of membranes upon cooling is studied by means of synchro… Show more

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“…The model of infinitely thin sphere was applied to interpret the SAXS curves in the region of scattering vector q from 0.005Å -1 to 0.04Å -1 [5]. The macroscopic cross section of vesicles in this model is given by…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The model of infinitely thin sphere was applied to interpret the SAXS curves in the region of scattering vector q from 0.005Å -1 to 0.04Å -1 [5]. The macroscopic cross section of vesicles in this model is given by…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In our previous study, the 40% sucrose solution was used for the investigation of micelle to vesicle transition in the mixed DMPC/ionic surfactant system via SAXS [5]. In the present study, the possibility to use sucrose solutions as medium for X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering experiment was explored for DMPC vesicles and mixed DMPC/nonionic surfactant aggregates.…”
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“…The transformation is driven by a very large difference in spontaneous curvatures between phospholipid and amphiphile which is dependent on the amphiphile/phospholipid molar ratio. Decreasing the amphiphile concentration-by the dissolution of mixed micelles [37][38][39] or by the reduction of partitioning of the amphiphile into a lipid 7 phase by changing the temperature [40][41][42][43][44]-results in a transformation into bilayer vesicles.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%