TY - JOUR A1 - Nikolaus, Jörg A1 - Czapla, Sylvia A1 - Möllnitz, Kristian A1 - Höfer, Chris T. A1 - Herrmann, Andreas A1 - Wessig, Pablo A1 - Müller, Peter T1 - New molecular rods - Characterization of their interaction with membranes JF - Biochimica et biophysica acta : Biomembranes N2 - Molecular rods are synthetical molecules consisting of a hydrophobic backbone which are functionalized with varying terminal groups. Here, we report on the interaction of a recently described new class of molecular rods with lipid and biological membranes. In order to characterize this interaction, different fluorescently labeled rods were synthesized allowing for the application of fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy based approaches. Our data show that the rods are incorporated into membranes with a perpendicular orientation to the membrane surface and enrich preferentially in liquid-disordered lipid domains. These characteristics underline that rods can be applied as stable membrane-associated anchors for functionalizing membrane surfaces. KW - Molecular rod KW - Phospholipid KW - Lipid domain KW - Spiro compound Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.08.008 SN - 0005-2736 VL - 1808 IS - 12 SP - 2781 EP - 2788 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wessig, Pablo A1 - Möllnitz, Kristian A1 - Kelling, Alexandra A1 - Schilde, Uwe T1 - Crystal structure of 1r,2c,3c,4t,5t,6t-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis-trimethylsilanyloxy-cyclohexane, C24H60O6Si6 JF - Zeitschrift für Kristallographie : international journal for structural, physical and chemical aspects of crystalline materials ; New crystal structures N2 - C24H60O6Si6, triclinic, P (1) over bar (no. 2), a = 11.307(2) angstrom, b = 12.159(2) angstrom, = 16.576(2) angstrom, alpha = 109.47(1)degrees, beta = 94.64(1)degrees, gamma = 111.65(1)degrees, V = 1942.3 angstrom(3), Z = 2, R-gt(F) = 0.043, wR(ref)(F-2) = 0.118, T = 210 K. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1524/ncrs.2011.0105 SN - 1433-7266 VL - 226 IS - 2 SP - 228 EP - 230 PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg CY - München ER -