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Protocells: Rapid Growth and Fusion of Protocells in Surface‐Adhered Membrane Networks (Small 38/2020)
Author(s) -
Köksal Elif S.,
Liese Susanne,
Xue Lin,
Ryskulov Ruslan,
Viitala Lauri,
Carlson Andreas,
Gözen Irep
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.202070209
Subject(s) - protocell , membrane , nucleation , vesicle , nanotechnology , fusion , biophysics , nanotube , materials science , chemistry , carbon nanotube , biology , biochemistry , linguistics , philosophy , organic chemistry
In article number 2002529, Irep Gozen and co‐workers present experimental evidence that nucleation and growth of protocell‐like membrane compartments from surface‐adhered lipid nanotube networks are significantly enhanced at temperatures between 40 and 70 °C, and fusion can be initiated at ≈90 °C. They show that the microcontainers (5–15 μm) formed in this manner encapsulate and redistribute RNA, and corroborate that lipid nanotube–interconnected neighboring vesicles join and fuse more rapidly than in bulk suspensions.