Avtor/Urednik     Iglič, Aleš; Haegerstrand, Henry; Bobrowska-Haegerstrand, Malgorzata; Arrigler, Vesna; Kralj-Iglič, Veronika
Naslov     Possible role of phospholipid nanotubes in direct transport of membrane vesicles
Tip     članek
Vir     Phys Lett A
Vol. in št.     Letnik 310
Leto izdaje     2003
Obseg     str. 493-7
Jezik     eng
Abstrakt     We indicate that membrane nanotubes may have an important role in directed transport of membrane vesicles between different membrane-enclosed compartments in cells. We present experimental evidence that small blebs of phospholipid nanotube may travel along the nanotube and act as vehicles for transporting the enclosed solution. We have also observed similar small membrane blebs of a long membrane tube in red blood cells. In both cases the small vesicles seem to be a distended integral part of the membrane tube and not independent vesicles entrapped within the tube.
Deskriptorji     PHOSPHOLIPIDS
LIPOSOMES
LIPID BILAYERS
CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY
MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST