title: Membrane dynamics of a myelin-like giant multilamellar vesicle applicable to a self-reproducing system.
abstract: A real time observation of a myelin-like giant multilamellar vesicle (mGMV) revealed that it divided into relatively small mGMVs when an aqueous solution of an electrolyte was added. Furthermore, the mGMV showed a division process accompanied by the growth of the dividing mGMVs when a bolaamphiphile which was composed of an electrolyte unit and a vesicular amphiphile unit was added. This vesicular system can be regarded as a self-reproduction of mGMV, where the added amphiphile acts as a supplier of both the vesicular amphiphile and the division initiator.
authors.forename: Katsuto
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takakura
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugawara
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D008081:Liposomes; D008853:Microscopy; D008954:Models, Biological; D009186:Myelin Sheath; D010316:Particle Size; D013501:Surface-Active Agents
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D013501:Surface-Active Agents