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Margaret M Elmer-Dixon1, Bruce E Bowler1
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA; Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA.
Abstract:
A novel approach to quantify mixed lipid systems is described. Traditional approaches to lipid vesicle quantification are time consuming, require large amounts of material and are destructive. We extend our recently described method for quantification of pure lipid systems to mixed lipid systems. The method only requires a UV-Vis spectrometer and does not destroy sample. Mie scattering data from absorbance measurements are used as input into a Matlab program to calculate the total vesicle concentration and the concentrations of each lipid in the mixed lipid system. The technique is fast and accurate, which is essential for analytical lipid binding experiments.
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