The underlying mechanical properties of membranes tune their ability to fuse

Serinc5 Restricts HIV Membrane Fusion by Altering Lipid Order and Heterogeneity in the Viral Membrane

(2023) Amanda E. Ward et al.   ACS Infectious Diseases

A vesicle microrheometer for high-throughput viscosity measurements of lipid and polymer membranes

(2022) Hammad A. Faizi et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Effects of cholesterol on the size distribution and bending modulus of lipid vesicles

(2022) Mohammad Abu Sayem Karal et al.   PLoS One

Extracellular fluid viscosity enhances cell migration and cancer dissemination

(2022) Kaustav Bera et al.   NATURE

Efficient liposome fusion to phase-separated giant vesicles

(2022) Rafaela R.M. Cavalcanti et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Planar aggregation of the influenza viral fusion peptide alters membrane structure and hydration, promoting poration

(2022) Amy Rice et al.   Nature Communications

Electrostatic regulation of the cis- and trans-membrane interactions of synaptotagmin-1

(2022) Houda Yasmine Ali Moussa et al.   Scientific Reports

Ebola virus glycoprotein interacts with cholesterol to enhance membrane fusion and cell entry

(2021) Jinwoo Lee et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sealing holes in cellular membranes

(2021) Yan Zhen et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

To Close or to Collapse: The Role of Charges on Membrane Stability upon Pore Formation

(2021) Rafael B. Lira et al.   Advanced Science

Single-virus content mixing assay reveals cholesterol-enhanced influenza membrane fusion efficiency

(2021) Katherine N. Liu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

En route to dynamic life processes by SNARE-mediated fusion of polymer and hybrid membranes

(2021) Lado Otrin et al.   Nature Communications

Tight docking of membranes before fusion represents a metastable state with unique properties

(2021) Agata Witkowska et al.   Nature Communications

Free energies of membrane stalk formation from a lipidomics perspective

(2021) Chetan S. Poojari et al.   Nature Communications

Plasma membranes are asymmetric in lipid unsaturation, packing and protein shape

(2020) J. H. Lorent et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Constructing artificial respiratory chain in polymer compartments: Insights into the interplay betweenbo3oxidase and the membrane

(2020) Nika Marušič et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural and functional consequences of reversible lipid asymmetry in living membranes

(2020) Milka Doktorova et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Targeted fluorescence lifetime probes reveal responsive organelle viscosity and membrane fluidity

(2019) Ida Emilie Steinmark et al.   PLoS One

Virus Impact on Lipids and Membranes

(2019) Ellen Ketter et al.   Annual Review of Virology

Active probing of the mechanical properties of biological and synthetic vesicles

(2019) Melissa C. Piontek et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Endosomal Size and Membrane Leakiness Influence Proton Sponge-Based Rupture of Endosomal Vesicles

(2018) Lotte M. P. Vermeulen et al.   ACS Nano

Cholesterol suppresses membrane leakage by decreasing water penetrability

(2018) Bing Bu et al.   Soft Matter

Cholesterol enhances influenza binding avidity by controlling nanoscale receptor clustering

(2018) I. N. Goronzy et al.   Chemical Science

Highly Efficient Protein-free Membrane Fusion: A Giant Vesicle Study

(2018) Rafael B. Lira et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Solution Asymmetry and Salt Expand Fluid-Fluid Coexistence Regions of Charged Membranes

(2016) Bastian Kubsch et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cholesterol Increases the Openness of SNARE-Mediated Flickering Fusion Pores

(2016) Benjamin S. Stratton et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The role of cholesterol in membrane fusion

(2016) Sung-Tae Yang et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

Posing for a picture: vesicle immobilization in agarose gel

(2016) Rafael B. Lira et al.   Scientific Reports

The hemifusion structure induced by influenza virus haemagglutinin is determined by physical properties of the target membranes

(2016) Petr Chlanda et al.   Nature Microbiology

Direct Cytoskeleton Forces Cause Membrane Softening in Red Blood Cells

(2015) Ruddi Rodríguez-García et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

High Cholesterol Obviates a Prolonged Hemifusion Intermediate in Fast SNARE-Mediated Membrane Fusion

(2015) Alex J.B. Kreutzberger et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Mechanics of membrane fusion/pore formation

(2015) Marc Fuhrmans et al.   CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS

HIV gp41–mediated membrane fusion occurs at edges of cholesterol-rich lipid domains

(2015) Sung-Tae Yang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Ellipsoidal Relaxation of Deformed Vesicles

(2015) Miao Yu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Hydrophobic mismatch sorts SNARE proteins into distinct membrane domains

(2015) Dragomir Milovanovic et al.   Nature Communications

Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes

(2014) Rumiana Dimova   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Formed by Hybrid Films of Agarose and Lipids Display Altered Mechanical Properties

(2014) Rafael B. Lira et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Dividing Cells Regulate Their Lipid Composition and Localization

(2014) G. Ekin Atilla-Gokcumen et al.   CELL

Cholesterol-Dependent Membrane Fusion Induced by the gp41 Membrane-Proximal External Region-Transmembrane Domain Connection Suggests a Mechanism for Broad HIV-1 Neutralization

(2014) B. Apellaniz et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Measuring Lipid Packing of Model and Cellular Membranes with Environment Sensitive Probes

(2014) Erdinc Sezgin et al.   LANGMUIR

A sub-nanometre view of how membrane curvature and composition modulate lipid packing and protein recruitment

(2014) Stefano Vanni et al.   Nature Communications

Gel-Assisted Formation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

(2013) Andreas Weinberger et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Proapoptotic Bax and Bak Proteins Form Stable Protein-permeable Pores of Tunable Size

(2013) Stephanie Bleicken et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The interplay between cell signalling and mechanics in developmental processes

(2013) Callie Johnson Miller et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate clusters act as molecular beacons for vesicle recruitment

(2013) Alf Honigmann et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Studies on intracellular delivery of carboxyl-coated CdTe quantum dots mediated by fusogenic liposomes

(2013) Rafael B. Lira et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Curvature, Lipid Packing, and Electrostatics of Membrane Organelles: Defining Cellular Territories in Determining Specificity

(2012) Joëlle Bigay et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fusion Activity of HIV gp41 Fusion Domain Is Related to Its Secondary Structure and Depth of Membrane Insertion in a Cholesterol-Dependent Fashion

(2012) Alex L. Lai et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Energetics of stalk intermediates in membrane fusion are controlled by lipid composition

(2012) S. Aeffner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Membrane Fusion Intermediates via Directional and Full Assembly of the SNARE Complex

(2012) J. M. Hernandez et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of cholesterol on nano-mechanical properties of the living cell plasma membrane

(2012) Nima Khatibzadeh et al.   Soft Matter

Imaging the post-fusion release and capture of a vesicle membrane protein

(2012) Kem A. Sochacki et al.   Nature Communications

Membrane protein sequestering by ionic protein–lipid interactions

(2011) Geert van den Bogaart et al.   NATURE

In vitro system capable of differentiating fast Ca2+-triggered content mixing from lipid exchange for mechanistic studies of neurotransmitter release

(2011) M. Kyoung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A New Method for Measuring Edge Tensions and Stability of Lipid Bilayers: Effect of Membrane Composition

(2010) Thomas Portet et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Lipid map of the mammalian cell

(2010) G. van Meer et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Wrinkling and electroporation of giant vesicles in the gel phase

(2010) Roland L. Knorr et al.   Soft Matter

Effect of cholesterol on the rigidity of saturated and unsaturated membranes: fluctuation and electrodeformation analysis of giant vesicles

(2010) Rubèn Serral Gracià et al.   Soft Matter

Effects of linker sequences on vesicle fusion mediated by lipid-anchored DNA oligonucleotides

(2009) Y.-H. M. Chan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bursting of charged multicomponent vesicles subjected to electric pulses

(2009) Karin A. Riske et al.   Soft Matter

Morphological Transitions of Vesicles Induced by Alternating Electric Fields

(2008) Said Aranda et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Elasticity, Strength, and Water Permeability of Bilayers that Contain Raft Microdomain-Forming Lipids

(2008) W. Rawicz et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Membrane lysis during biological membrane fusion: collateral damage by misregulated fusion machines

(2008) Alex Engel et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Molecular Rotor Measures Viscosity of Live Cells via Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

(2008) Marina K. Kuimova et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Mechanics of membrane fusion

(2008) Leonid V Chernomordik et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY