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Lateral transport of domains in anionic lipid bilayer membranes under DC electric fields: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study
Hiroaki Ito, Naofumi Shimokawa, Yuji Higuchi
Dynamic lateral transport of lipids, proteins, and self-assembled structures in biomembranes plays crucial roles in diverse cellular processes. In this study, we perform a coarse-g…
Three-phase coexistence in binary charged lipid membranes in hypotonic solution
Jingyu Guo, Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi +3
We investigated the phase separation of dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS) and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) in giant unilamellar vesicles in hypotonic solution using fluore…
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation for uptake of nanoparticles into a charged lipid vesicle dominated by electrostatic interactions
Naofumi Shimokawa, Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi
We use a coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation to investigate the interaction between neutral or charged nanoparticles (NPs) and a vesicle consisting of neutral and negative…
Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation of binary charged lipid membranes: Phase separation and morphological dynamics
Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi, Naofumi Shimokawa
Biomembranes, which are mainly composed of neutral and charged lipids, exhibit a large variety of functional structures and dynamics. Here, we report a coarse-grained molecular dyn…
Coupling between pore formation and phase separation in charged lipid membranes
Hiroki Himeno, Hiroaki Ito, Yuji Higuchi +3
We investigated the effect of charge on the membrane morphology of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) composed of various mixtures containing charged lipids. We observed the membran…
How does torsional rigidity affect the wrapping transition of a semiflexible chain around a spherical core?
Yuji Higuchi, Takahiro Sakaue, Kenichi Yoshikawa
We investigated the effect of torsional rigidity of a semiflexible chain on the wrapping transition around a spherical core, as a model of nucleosome, the fundamental unit of chrom…