Model systems for studying cell adhesion and biomimetic actin networks

• Dorothea Brüggemann,
• Johannes P. Frohnmayer and
• Joachim P. Spatz

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1193–1202, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.131

• membrane by biotin-streptavidin linkages. This anchorage resulted in the formation of a cortex-like actin structure within the GUVs. However, the GUVs in this study were contaminated by agarose, which adhered to the lipid membrane. A very similar approach for growing GUVs with embedded biomolecules was

• with an inert membrane (containing PEG-lipids) is homogeneous and displays a depletion zone underneath the membrane. (B) Liposomes, which contain biotinylated lipids, encapsulate networks of biotinylated actin filaments that are coupled to the membrane via biotin–streptavidin bonds. The scale bars

The morphology of silver nanoparticles prepared by enzyme-induced reduction

• Henrik Schneidewind,
• Thomas Schüler,
• Katharina K. Strelau,
• Karina Weber,
• Dana Cialla,
• Marco Diegel,
• Roland Mattheis,
• Andreas Berger,
• Robert Möller and
• Jürgen Popp

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2012, 3, 404–414, doi:10.3762/bjnano.3.47

• streptavidin, a streptavidin horseradish peroxidase conjugate complex is bound via the linker molecule to the surface. In order to remove the remaining unbound peroxidase complex, the samples were washed six times in PBST buffer for 2 min each after 1 h incubation of the surface with the peroxidase complex