Probing the influence of cis-trans isomers on model lipid membrane fluidity using cis-parinaric acid and a stop-flow technique.
Stop-flow experiments exploiting the fluorescence of cis-parinaric acid in monounsaturated lipid vesicles allow the model membrane behaviour, notably the membrane fluidity, to be correlated to the cis:trans lipid ratios.
Ferreri
Carla
C
Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy. cferreri@isof.cnr.it
Pierotti
Silvia
S
Chatgilialoglu
Chryssostomos
C
Barbieri
Andrea
A
Barigelletti
Francesco
F