Free energy analysis along the stalk mechanism of membrane fusion

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Analysis of Membrane Defects and Pore Propensity of Hemifusion Diaphragms

(2013) Manami Nishizawa et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

A guiding potential method for evaluating the bending rigidity of tensionless lipid membranes from molecular simulation

(2013) Shuhei Kawamoto et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Exploring thermodynamic stability of the stalk fusion-intermediate with three-dimensional self-consistent field theory calculations

(2013) Kostas Ch. Daoulas et al.   Soft Matter

Computer simulation studies of self-assembling macromolecules

(2012) Wataru Shinoda et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Transition Path from Two Apposed Membranes to a Stalk Obtained by a Combination of Particle Simulations and String Method

(2012) Marcus Müller et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Line-Tension Controlled Mechanism for Influenza Fusion

(2012) Herre Jelger Risselada et al.   PLoS One

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

Caught in the Act: Visualization of SNARE-Mediated Fusion Events in Molecular Detail

(2011) Herre Jelger Risselada et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Free energy analysis of vesicle-to-bicelle transformation

(2011) Wataru Shinoda et al.   Soft Matter

Coarse-grained force field for ionic surfactants

(2011) Wataru Shinoda et al.   Soft Matter

Direct Visualization of Large and Protein-Free Hemifusion Diaphragms

(2010) Jörg Nikolaus et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Zwitterionic Lipid Assemblies: Molecular Dynamics Studies of Monolayers, Bilayers, and Vesicles Using a New Coarse Grain Force Field

(2010) Wataru Shinoda et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Solvent-Exposed Tails as Prestalk Transition States for Membrane Fusion at Low Hydration

(2010) Yuliya G. Smirnova et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Atomic-Resolution Simulations Predict a Transition State for Vesicle Fusion Defined by Contact of a Few Lipid Tails

(2010) Peter M. Kasson et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

The Fusion of Membranes and Vesicles: Pathway and Energy Barriers from Dissipative Particle Dynamics

(2009) Andrea Grafmüller et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Measuring excess free energies of self-assembled membrane structures

(2009) Yuki Norizoe et al.   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Membrane Fusion: Grappling with SNARE and SM Proteins

(2009) T. C. Sudhof et al.   SCIENCE

The Gaussian Curvature Elastic Energy of Intermediates in Membrane Fusion

(2008) David P. Siegel   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Adhesion of binary giant vesicles containing negative spontaneous curvature lipids induced by phase separation

(2008) Y. Sakuma et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Coarse-grained molecular modeling of non-ionic surfactant self-assembly

(2008) Wataru Shinoda et al.   Soft Matter