Figure 2.
Cryo-TEM images of MVL3/DOPC BLs (ΦMVL3=0.1). (A) A dotted white arrow points to an example of a branched nanotube. White solid arrows point to the nanorods in the sample. (B) A group of nanotubes of different diameter, illustrating the broad distribution of radii of MVL3-containing nanotubes. The white solid arrow points to a nanorod. (C) A schematic drawing of a BL consisting of a sphere and a nanorod. Enlarged insets (a) and (b) show an illustration of the molecular arrangement of the charged (green) and neutral (white) lipid. Reprinted in part from ref. 1 with permission. Copyright 2008, American Chemical Society. Scale bar, 500nm.