Richard M. Epand

TL;DR: The HA2 subunit of influenza hemagglutinin is responsible for fusion of the viral and host-cell membranes during infection and an N-terminal 127 amino acid construct of HA2, FHA2-127, is shown to induce lipid mixing of large unilamellar vesicles under endosomal low pH conditions, suggesting it could serve as a good model system for biophysical studies of membrane fusion.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that diacylglycerol kinase delta markedly increases lipid synthesis, at least in part as a result of promoting the de novo synthesis of fatty acids.

TL;DR: Measurements conclusively demonstrate that at least half of the anomalous swelling previously observed in multilamellar vesicles of this system can be accounted for by the critical thickening of the bilayer itself, in contrast to conclusions drawn from several recent studies.

TL;DR: The derivatives of glucagon activated adenylate cyclase from rat liver to an extent comparable to that of the native hormone, indicating that a glucagon dimer is capable of biological activity and that an intact tryptophan residue is not essential for biological response.

TL;DR: Both the small intrinsic radius of curvature and the high elastic bending modulus indicate that the presence of these lipids in bilayer membranes will impose a high degree of negative curvature strain.