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Membranes in BiologyMembranes in Biology
Rob PhillipsCalifornia Institute of Technology
(McMahon)
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Cells and Their MembranesCells and Their Membranes
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Cells and Their MembranesCells and Their Membranes
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Lipid Bilayers (In Vitro)Lipid Bilayers (In Vitro)
Hydrophobic tails and polar head groups.
Favorable for lipids to spontaneously assemble to form bilayers.
Molecular Continuum(Avanti Polar Lipids)
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Membranes In Vivo
Real biological membranes contain many different lipids & transmembrane proteins!
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The Complexity of Real-World The Complexity of Real-World
MembranesMembranes
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The Motility of Proteins in The Motility of Proteins in
MembranesMembranes
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Membrane Deformation in BiologyMembrane Deformation in Biology
(McMahon)
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Membrane Deformation in BiologyMembrane Deformation in Biology
(McMahon)
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Quantitative Tools for Tomography: Quantitative Tools for Tomography:
Viral Budding as an ExampleViral Budding as an Example
Tomography producing wide range of images of deformed membrane systems.
Calculated Deformation of VesicleDue to Actin Polymerization
(Medalia et al.)
Observed Membrane DeformationDuring Cell Movement
(Dooher et al.)
HIV Budding
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Vesicle TransportVesicle Transport
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Vesicle Transport: Clathrin CoatingVesicle Transport: Clathrin Coating
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Dynamin and Vesicle FissionDynamin and Vesicle Fission
(McMahon)
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Ion Channels and Transient Ion Channels and Transient
PermeabilityPermeability
Channels open in response to a variety of different stimuli.Key mechanisms are voltage gating, ligand binding-induced gating and mechanical tension in the membrane.
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Physics of Viral BuddingPhysics of Viral Budding
(http://www.aids-info.ch/e_te/aas-e-imm.htm)