Participation of nonlamellar phase in fusion of bilayer membranes formed with synthetic peptide lipids
Participation of the nonlamellar phase in the fusion process of bilayer membranes was examined with an equimolar mixture of sodium N,N-dihexadecyl-Nα-(6-sulfohexanoyl)-L-alaninamide and N,N-dihexadecyl-Nα-[6-(dimethylamino)hexanoyl]-L-alaninamide in aqueous media by means of electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and turbidity measurements.