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ReviewCurrent opinion in chemical biology2007

Model membrane systems and their applications.

Yee-Hung M Chan, Steven G Boxer

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Review in Current opinion in chemical biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers.

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134citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

134 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Surface-Attached Model Lipid Membranes Derived from Human Red Blood Cells.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2026
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  7. A Minimalist Model Lipid System Mimicking the Biophysical Properties ofLangmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  16. Polysaccharide functionalization reduces lipid vesicle stiffness.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  19. Pixelated High-ACS nano · 2024
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74 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yee-Hung M ChanDepartment of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5080, USA.
Steven G Boxer

Funding

Membrane Fusion, Organization, and Dynamics Using Supported BilayersR01GM069630 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BOXER, STEVEN G. · 2004 to 2015
$3.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM069630NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM069630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity of biological membranes has motivated the development of a wide variety of simpler model systems whose size, geometry, and composition can be tailored with great precision. Approaches highlighted in this review are illustrated in Figure 1 including vesicles, supported bilayers, and hybrid membrane systems. These have been used to study problems ranging from phase behavior to membrane fusion. Experimental membrane models continue to advance in complexity with respect to architecture, size, and composition, as do computer simulations of their properties and dynamics. Analytical techniques such as imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry have also been developed and refined to give increasing spatial resolution and information content on membrane composition and dynamics.

Indexed as

Lipid BilayersMembranes, ArtificialUnilamellar LiposomesComputer SimulationModels, BiologicalLipid BilayersMembranes, ArtificialUnilamellar Liposomes

Identifiers

PMID17976391
PMCPMC2196400

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