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Stalk structures in lipid bilayer fusion studied by x-ray diffraction

dc.contributor.authorAeffner, Sebastian
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-15T07:09:45Z
dc.date.available2014-04-15T07:09:50Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17875/gup2012-81
dc.descriptionSoftcover, 182 S.: 44,00 €
dc.format.extentII, 182
dc.format.mediumPrint
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGöttingen Series in x-ray Physics
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/de
dc.subject.ddc530
dc.titleStalk structures in lipid bilayer fusion studied by x-ray diffraction
dc.typemonograph
dc.price.print44,00
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:gbv:7-isbn-978-3-86395-043-9-4
dc.identifier.ppn687932858
dc.relation.ppn687930294
dc.description.printSoftcover, 17x24
dc.subject.divisionpeerReviewed
dc.subject.subjectheadingPhysik
dc.relation.isbn-13978-3-86395-043-9
dc.relation.issn2191-9860
dc.identifier.articlenumber8101026
dc.identifier.internisbn-978-3-86395-043-9
dc.identifier.internisbn-978-3-86395-043-9
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume006
dc.type.subtypethesis
dc.subject.bisacSCI055000
dc.notes.oaiprint
dc.subject.vlb640
dc.subject.bicPH
dc.description.abstractengThe fusion of two biological membranes is an important step in many processes on the cellular and sub-cellular level. Understanding the involved interplay of different lipid species, a specialized protein machinery and water on length scales of few nanometers poses a significant challenge to current structural biology. Among several complementary approaches, one strategy is to study the structural rearrangements of the lipid matrix. As the initial step, lipid bilayers must be forced into close contact to form a non-bilayer intermediate termed a stalk. This has been the subject of numerous theoretical studies and simulations, but experimental data on stalks are largely lacking. Currently, the only way to obtain structural information at the required sub-nanometer resolution is x-ray diffraction on the recently discovered “stalk phase” formed by certain lipids. We apply this method to elucidate the effect of lipid composition on stalk geometry and the repulsive forces between lipid bilayers prior to stalk formation. An approach based on differential geometry of electron density isosurfaces is introduced to analyze the curvatures and bending energies of the lipid monolayers. For the first time, this connects experiment-based structures of stalks and the associated bending and hydration energies. In addition, this thesis aims to provide a self-contained introduction to the required background in x-ray diffraction on lipid mesophases and electron density reconstruction.
dc.notes.vlb-printlieferbar
dc.intern.doi10.17875/gup2012-81
dc.identifier.purlhttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?isbn-978-3-86395-043-9
dc.identifier.asin3863950437
dc.subject.themaPH


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