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SUBMITTER: Hemmerle A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3523853 | biostudies-other | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Hemmerle Arnaud A Malaquin Linda L Charitat Thierry T Lecuyer Sigolène S Fragneto Giovanna G Daillant Jean J
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121119 49
Understanding interactions between membranes requires measurements on well-controlled systems close to natural conditions, in which fluctuations play an important role. We have determined, by grazing incidence X-ray scattering, the interaction potential between two lipid bilayers, one adsorbed on a solid surface and the other floating close by. We find that interactions in this highly hydrated model system are two orders of magnitude softer than in previously reported work on multilayer stacks. ...[more]