This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This work extends on our previous finding that scattering curves from unilamellar vesicles can reveal the complete structure and radius of vesicles. This is in stark contrast to the large amount of work performed on multilamellar vesicles, or stacked lipid bilayers which give Bragg diffraction. While the Bragg-type experiments have revealed the basic structure of the lipid bilayer, they CAN NOT be used to study the asymmetry of lipid bilayers. Our approach makes a significant advance to the field by observing the asymmetric incorporation of lipid and protein. The unilamellar system is analogous to that observed in vivo.
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