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Molecular properties of steroids involved in their effects on the biophysical state of membranes
(Elsevier Science, 2015-08)
The activity of steroids on membranes was studied in relation to their ordering, rigidifying, condensing and/or raft promoting ability. The structures of 82 steroids were modeled by a semi-empirical procedure (AM1) and 245 ...
Cholesterol and desmosterol incorporation into ram sperm membrane before cryopreservation: Effects on membrane biophysical properties and sperm quality
(Elsevier Science, 2020-09-01)
Ram sperm are particularly sensitive to freeze-thawing mainly due to their lipid composition, limiting their use in artificial insemination programs. We evaluated the extent of cholesterol and desmosterol incorporation ...
Cholesterol and desmosterol incorporation into ram sperm membrane before cryopreservation: Effects on membrane biophysical properties and sperm quality
(Elsevier, 2020-09)
Ram sperm are particularly sensitive to freeze-thawing mainly due to their lipid composition, limiting their use in artificial insemination programs. We evaluated the extent of cholesterol and desmosterol incorporation ...
Predicting the effect of steroids on membrane biophysical properties based on the molecular structure
(Elsevier, 2012-03)
The relationship between sterol structure and the resulting effects on membrane physical properties is still unclear, owing to the conflicting results found in the current literature. This study presents a multivariate ...
Exploring environmental factors that trigger carotenoid production and their effect on the biophysical properties of Staphylococcus aureus bilayer membranes
(Universidad de los AndesFísicaFacultad de CienciasDepartamento de Física, 2022-12-15)
In this research we investigate In recent years, entities such as the World Health Organization have declared an emerging crisis owing to antibiotic resistance, causing an increasing number of untreatable diseases due to ...
Tonic and phasic receptor neurons in the vertebrate olfactory epithelium
(Biophysical Society, 2003)
Olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) respond to odorants with characteristic patterns of action potentials that are relevant for odor coding. Prolonged odorant exposures revealed three populations of dissociated toad ORNs, ...
Antioxidant effect of resveratrol in single red blood cells measured by thermal fluctuation spectroscopy
(Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, 2019)
The human red blood cell (RBC) membrane has significant elastic capabilities which can be described measuring typical membrane edge fluctuations and mechanical properties by optical techniques. The RBC elastic properties ...
Membrane fluidization by alcohols inhibits DesK-DesR signalling in Bacillus subtilis
(Elsevier Science, 2018-03)
After cold shock, the Bacillus subtilis desaturase Des introduces double bonds into the fatty acids of existing membrane phospholipids. The synthesis of Des is regulated exclusively by the two-component system DesK/DesR; ...