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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2018

Macromolecularly Crowded Protocells from Reversibly Shrinking Monodisperse Liposomes.

Nan-Nan Deng, Mahesh A Vibhute, Lifei Zheng, Hui Zhao, Maaruthy Yelleswarapu, Wilhelm T S Huck

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Compartmentalized Cell-Free Expression Systems for Building Synthetic Cells.Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology · 2023
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  12. High Macromolecular Crowding in Liposomes from Microfluidics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nan-Nan DengRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7183-7973
Mahesh A VibhuteRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Lifei ZhengRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Hui ZhaoRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Maaruthy YelleswarapuRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Wilhelm T S HuckRadboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials , Heyendaalseweg 135 , 6525 AJ Nijmegen , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4222-5411
Radboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The compartmentalization of cell-free gene expression systems in liposomes provides an attractive route to the formation of protocells, but these models do not capture the physical (crowded) environment found in living systems. Here, we present a microfluidics-based route to produce monodisperse liposomes that can shrink almost 3 orders of magnitude without compromising their stability. We demonstrate that our strategy is compatible with cell-free gene expression and show increased protein production rates in crowded liposome protocells.

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Artificial CellsEmulsionsLiposomesMembrane LipidsMicrofluidicsPoloxamerPolyethylene GlycolsSurface-Active AgentsEmulsionsLiposomesMembrane LipidsPoloxamerPolyethylene GlycolsSurface-Active Agents

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PMID29870243
PMCPMC6016064
OpenAlexW2807231250

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