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Science. 2006 Sep 29;313(5795):1948-51.

Phase separation of lipid membranes analyzed with high-resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry.

Kraft ML, Weber PK, Longo ML, Hutcheon ID, Boxer SG.

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

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Lateral variations in membrane composition are postulated to play a central role in many cellular events, but it has been difficult to probe membrane composition and organization on length scales of tens to hundreds of nanometers. We present a high-resolution imaging secondary ion mass spectrometry technique to reveal the lipid distribution within a phase-separated membrane with a lateral resolution of approximately 100 nanometers. Quantitative information about the chemical composition within small lipid domains was obtained with the use of isotopic labels to identify each molecular species. Composition variations were detected within some domains.

PMID: 17008528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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