Imaging domains in model membranes with atomic force microscopy.
Lateral segregation in biomembranes can lead to the formation of biologically functional domains. This paper reviews atomic force microscopy studies on domain formation in model membranes, with special emphasis on transbilayer asymmetry, and on lateral domains induced by lipid-lipid interactions or by peptide-lipid interactions.
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Department of Biochemistry of Membranes, CBLE, Institute of Biopmembranes, Utrecht university, Netherlands. h.rinia@chem.uu.nl
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D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary
D003902:Detergents; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; D010455:Peptides