Recent applications of synchrotron radiation and neutrons in the study of soft matter

T Narayanan, H Wacklin, O Konovalov… - Crystallography …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The broad range of applications of synchrotron and neutron scattering in the investigation of
soft condensed matter is reviewed. Appropriate combinations of these techniques allow …

Recent advances in nanodisc technology for membrane protein studies (2012–2017)

JE Rouck, JE Krapf, J Roy, HC Huff, A Das - FEBS letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Historically, the main barrier to membrane protein investigations has been the tendency of
membrane proteins to aggregate (due to their hydrophobic nature), in aqueous solution as …

Biological small-angle neutron scattering: recent results and development

E Mahieu, F Gabel - Acta Crystallographica Section D: Structural …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) has increasingly been used by the structural biology
community in recent years to obtain low-resolution information on solubilized …

Plasticity of specialized metabolism as mediated by dynamic metabolons

T Laursen, BL Møller, JE Bassard - Trends in plant science, 2015 - cell.com
The formation of specialized metabolites enables plants to respond to biotic and abiotic
stresses, but requires the sequential action of multiple enzymes. To facilitate swift production …

Increasing complexity in small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering experiments: from biological membrane mimics to live cells

EF Semeraro, L Marx, MPK Frewein, G Pabst - Soft Matter, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering are well-established, non-invasive experimental
techniques to interrogate global structural properties of biological membrane mimicking …

Mechanisms of formation, structure, and dynamics of lipoprotein discs stabilized by amphiphilic copolymers: A comprehensive review

PS Orekhov, ME Bozdaganyan, N Voskoboynikova… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amphiphilic copolymers consisting of alternating hydrophilic and hydrophobic units account
for a major recent methodical breakthrough in the investigations of membrane proteins …

Evaluation of reconstituted high-density lipoprotein (rHDL) as a drug delivery platform–a detailed survey of rHDL particles ranging from biophysical properties to …

JB Simonsen - Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
During the last decade, and with increasing intensity, the potential for using reconstituted
high-density lipoprotein (rHDL) particles to deliver hydrophobic drugs to impaired cells and …

[HTML][HTML] Travel light: Essential packing for membrane proteins with an active lifestyle

NT Johansen, FG Tidemand, MC Pedersen, L Arleth - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
We review the considerable progress during the recent decade in the endeavours of
designing, optimising, and utilising carrier particle systems for structural and functional …

Invisible detergents for structure determination of membrane proteins by small‐angle neutron scattering

SR Midtgaard, TA Darwish, MC Pedersen… - The FEBS …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A novel and generally applicable method for determining structures of membrane proteins in
solution via small‐angle neutron scattering (SANS) is presented. Common detergents for …

Introducing SEC–SANS for studies of complex self-organized biological systems

NT Johansen, MC Pedersen, L Porcar… - … Section D: Structural …, 2018 - journals.iucr.org
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is maturing as a method for studying complex
biological structures. Owing to the intrinsic ability of the technique to discern between 1H …