Figure 2
Transmission electron microscopy images of the various states described in the text. Whole mount images of liposomes–MT complexes, using DOTAP/DOPC solutions with xCL = NCL/(NCL + NNL) and RCL/T = NCL/NT values as follows. (a) pure MT. (b) MT–lipid complexes with xCL = 0.1, RCL/T = 16 showing the beads on a rod state. (c) The lipid protein nanotube (LPN) state with open ends, obtained with xCL = 0.5 and RCL/T = 40. (d) The LPN with closed ends obtained with xCL = 0.5 and and RCL/T = 120. Scale bar is 100 nm. |