Why are the lipids moving? I know that cholesterol can flip the lipid bilayer when pressure is applied, but thats not whats happening here is it? The cholesterol is just forming clumps on the surface.
At this small scale the movement you're seeing is diffusion, i.e. due to temperature. There are interactions between the lipids that lead to the formation of groups of saturated lipids *and* cholesterol, the black lipids are unsaturated (they're not fluorescently labeled hence black).
Yes! Lipids FTW!
ElBeasto24 1 year ago
are you using confocal?
jacasti3 2 years ago
where did the guitar comment come from???
0takuN64 3 years ago
Ahhh... I can show you a Hungarian Minor Scale on the Guitar?
1onebastard 3 years ago
Why are the lipids moving? I know that cholesterol can flip the lipid bilayer when pressure is applied, but thats not whats happening here is it? The cholesterol is just forming clumps on the surface.
AshMashMash 4 years ago
At this small scale the movement you're seeing is diffusion, i.e. due to temperature. There are interactions between the lipids that lead to the formation of groups of saturated lipids *and* cholesterol, the black lipids are unsaturated (they're not fluorescently labeled hence black).
thesoundofscience 4 years ago