The conformation and correlations of amphiphilic and antimicrobial peptides and the
associated changes of lipid bilayers can be studied in oriented lipid membranes deposited …

Extensive microscopic molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study the
effects of short-chain alcohols, methanol and ethanol, on two different fully hydrated lipid …

Global properties of biological model membranes such as, eg, structure or elasticity, are
known to be closely related to their local features. If a membrane active compound interacts …

In this work, we present the first characterization of the cell lysing mechanism of MSI-78, an
antimicrobial peptide. MSI-78 is an amphipathic α-helical peptide designed by Genaera …

A new method to deposit lipid bilayers on solid substrates by spin-coating of lipid solutions is
presented, leading to highly aligned and homogeneous bilayers probably nucleating at the …

The applicability of full-q-range models to fit low-resolution X-ray diffraction data from
multibilayers exhibiting only weak quasi-Bragg peak scattering has been analysed. The …

We have carried out X-ray and neutron diffraction experiments, as a function of temperature,
on fully hydrated samples of dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayers. The data show the …

The effects of cholesterol (Chol) on phospholipid bilayers include ordering of the fatty acyl
chains, condensing of the lipids in the bilayer plane, and promotion of the liquid-ordered …

Abstract Mammalian 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) catalyzes conversion of arachidonic acid to
leukotrienes, potent mediators of inflammation and allergy. Upon cell stimulation, 5-LO …

A highly hydrated lipid bilayer, floating a few Å above another one adsorbed on a smooth
solid substrate, was prepared at room temperature where lipids (DSPC) are in gel phase …