Liposomes: Methods and Protocols, Volume 2: Biological Membrane Models

1. Utilization of Liposomes for Studying Drug Transfer and UptakeAlfred Fahr and Xiangli Liu2. The Use of Liposomes in the Study of Drug Metabolism: A Method to Incorporate the Enzymes of the Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase System into Phospholipid, Bilayer VesiclesJames R. Reed3. Use of Liposomes to Study Cellular OsmosensorsReinhard Krämer, Sascha Nicklisch, and Vera Ott4. Studying Mechanosensitive Ion Channels Using LiposomesBoris Martinac, Paul R. Rohde, Andrew R. Battle, Evgeny Petrov, Prithwish Pal, Alexander Fook Weng Foo, Valeria Vásquez, Thuan Huynh, and Anna Kloda5. Studying Amino Acid Transport Using LiposomesCesare Indiveri6. Use of Liposomes for Studying Interactions of Soluble Proteins with Cellular MembranesChris Höfer, Andreas Herrmann, and Peter Müller7. Liposomal Reconstitution of Monotopic Integral Membrane ProteinsZahra MirAfzali and David L. DeWitt8. The Reconstitution of Actin Polymerization on LiposomesMark Stamnes and Weidong Xu9. Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Native Membranes and Organic Lipid Mixtures for the Study of Lipid Domains Under Physiological Ionic-Strength ConditionsL.-Ruth Montes, Hasna Ahyayauch, Maitane Ibarguren, Jesus Sot, Alicia Alonso, Luis A. Bagatolli, and Felix M. Goñi10. Visualization of Lipid Domain Specific Protein Sorting in Giant Unilamellar VesiclesMartin Stöckl, Jörg Nikolaus, and Andreas Herrmann11. Biosynthesis of Proteins Inside LiposomesPasquale Stano, Yutetsu Kuruma, Tereza Pereira de Souza, and Pier Luigi Luisi12. Study of Respiratory Cytochromes in LiposomesIseli L. Nantes, Cintia Kawai, Felipe S. Pessoto, and Katia C.U. Mugnol13. Use of Liposomes to Evaluate the Role of Membrane Interactions onAntioxidant ActivitySalette Reis, Marlene Lúcio, Marcela Segundo, and José L.F.C. Lima14. Studying Colloidal Aggregation Using LiposomesJuan Sabín, Gerardo Prieto, Juan M. Ruso, and Félix Sarmiento15. Assessment of Liposome-Cell InteractionsJan A.A.M. Kamps16. Methods to Monitor Liposome Fusion, Permeability, and Interaction with CellsNejat Düzgünes, Henrique Faneca, and Maria C. Pedroso de Lima17. The Use of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry to Study Multidrug Transport Proteins in LiposomesDavid Miller and Paula J. Booth18. Studying Lipid Organization in Biological Membranes Using Liposomes and EPR Spin LabelingWitold K. Subczynski, Marija Raguz, and Justyna Widomska19. Membrane Translocation Assayed by Fluorescence SpectroscopyJana Broecker and Sandro Keller20. Interaction of Lipids and Ligands with Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Vesicles Assessed by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyHugo Rubén Arias21. Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope Imaging of Vesicle SystemsYvonne Perrie, Habib Ali, Daniel J. Kirby, Afzal U.R. Mohammed, Sarah E. McNeil, and Anil Vangala22. Freeze-Fracture Electron Microscopy on Domains in Lipid Mono- and Bilayer on Nano-Resolution ScaleBrigitte Papahadjopoulos-Sternberg23. Atomic Force Microscopy for the Characterization of ProteoliposomesJohannes Sitterberg, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Carsten Ehrhardt, and Udo Bakowsky24. Method of Simultaneous Analysis of Liposome Components Using HPTLC/FIDSophia Hatziantoniou and Costas Demetzos25. Viscometric Analysis of DNA-Lipid ComplexesSadao Hirota and Nejat Düzgünes26. Fluorometric Analysis of Individual Cationic Lipid-DNA ComplexesEdwin