Author/Editor		Kralj-Iglič, Veronika; Gomišček, Gregor; Majhenc, Janja; Arrigler, Vesna; Svetina, Saša
Title		Myelin-like protrusions of giant phospholipid vesicles prepared by electroformation
Type		članek
Source		Colloid Surface A
Vol. and No.		Letnik 181
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 315-8
Language		eng
Abstract		Quasistable shapes of phospholipid bilayer vesicles obtained by formation in an alternating electric field ŠM.I. Angelova, S. Soleau, Ph. Meleard, J.F. Faucon, P. Bothorel, Prog. Colloid Polym. Sci. 89 (1992) 127; V. Heinrich, R.E. Waugh, Ann. Biomed. Eng. 24 (1996) 595Ć are observed. The vesicles appearing as composed of a mother sphere and a thin tubular myelin-like protrusion, are found to be a common phase in the spontaneous slow shape transformation that yields giant fluctuating phospholipid vesicles of different shapes. In the shape transformation, the myelin-like protrusion, which acts as a reservoir for the membrane area, is integrated into the mother vesicle.
Descriptors		LIPID BILAYERS PHOSPHOLIPIDS MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL PARTICLE SIZE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE