1.
Chem Commun (Camb)
; 55(64): 9448-9451, 2019 Aug 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31328748
ABSTRACT
Decorating GUVs, used as minimal synthetic cell models, with photoswitchable proteins allows controlling the adhesion between them and their assembly into multicellular structures with light. Thereby, the chemical communication between a sender and a receiver GUV, which strongly depends on their spatial proximity, can also be photoregulated.
Subject(s)
Artificial Cells/cytology , Cell Adhesion , Cell Communication , Light
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Chem Commun (Camb)
; 54(8): 948-951, 2018 Jan 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29319072
ABSTRACT
The blue light-dependent interaction between the proteins iLID and Nano allows recruiting and patterning proteins on GUV membranes, which thereby capture key features of patterns observed in nature. This photoswitchable protein interaction provides non-invasive, reversible and dynamic control over protein patterns of different sizes with high specificity and spatiotemporal resolution.