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. 1978 Sep;75(9):4325–4328. doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.9.4325

Temperature dependence of calcium-induced fusion of sonicated phosphatidylserine vesicles.

S T Sun, E P Day, J T Ho
PMCID: PMC336107  PMID: 279918

Abstract

We have measured the temperature dependence calcium-induced fusion of sonicated phosphatidylserine vesicles. The vesicles were incubated in the presence of calcium at a specified temperature until the resulting aggregation or fusion process had gone to completion. EDTA was then added and the resulting final size of the vesicle population was measured by using dynamic light scattering. This final size was plotted against incubation temperature to show the temperature dependence of calcium-induced fusion. This curve has a peak near 11 degrees C which may be associated with the phase transition of the sonicated phosphatidylserine vesicles in the presence of calcium prior to the aggregation or fusion process.

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