Method of producing bilayer lipid membranes
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1. A method of producing a substrate surface supporting a bilayer lipid membrane, comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has coated thereon a self-assembled monolayer of essentially straight long chain molecules having functional groups;
contacting the substrate with an aqueous solution comprising micellar of vesicle liposomes such that a plurality of the micellar or vesicle liposomes covalently bond to the functional groups of the self-assembled monolayer so as to form the substrate surface supporting the bilayer lipid membrane.
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Abstract
Methods are disclosed for producing a substrate surface supporting a continuous planar bilayer lipid membrane by covalently binding a plurality of micellar of vesicle liposomes, optionally comprising a membrane protein or other biologically active membrane-bound component, to a substrate surface supporting a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of essentially straight long chain molecules. In one embodiment, the micellar or vesicle liposomes covantly bind to hydrophilic spacer molecules attached to the functional groups of the self-assembled monolayer.
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1. A method of producing a substrate surface supporting a bilayer lipid membrane, comprising the steps of:
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providing a substrate, wherein the substrate has coated thereon a self-assembled monolayer of essentially straight long chain molecules having functional groups; contacting the substrate with an aqueous solution comprising micellar of vesicle liposomes such that a plurality of the micellar or vesicle liposomes covalently bond to the functional groups of the self-assembled monolayer so as to form the substrate surface supporting the bilayer lipid membrane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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