Title :
Photonics in the pursuit of living cell membrane structure
Author_Institution :
Nat. Centre for Biol. Sci., TIFR, Bangalore, India
Abstract :
The cell membrane is a fluid bilayer, composed of a number of proteins and lipid species. Here I discuss how a variety of photonic tools have been used in the pursuit of understanding the dynamic architecture of the living cell membrane at the nano and meso scale.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; lipid bilayers; molecular biophysics; nanobiotechnology; optical microscopy; proteins; dynamic architecture; fluid bilayer; lipid species; living cell membrane structure; mesoscale structure; nanoscale structure; photonic tools; proteins;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
