LPS and  Other  Lipids
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS)

L. Ding, L. Yang, T. M. Weiss, A. J. Waring, R. I. Lehrer, and H. W. Huang, “Interaction of antimicrobial peptides with lipopolysaccharides” Biochemistry 42: 12251-12259 (2003).

New Phases


L. Yang and H. W. Huang, “Observation of a membrane fusion intermediate structure,” Science 297: 1877-1879 (2002)

L. Yang, L. Ding and H. W. Huang, “New Phases of Phospholipids and Implications to the membrane fusion problem”, Biochemistry 42: 6631-6635(2003)

Structure of hexagonal phase

L. Ding, W. Liu, W. Wang, C. Glinka, D. L. Worcester, L. Yang, and H. W. Huang. "Diffraction techniques for non-lamellar phases of phospholipids." Langmuir 20: 9262-9269 (2004).

Structure of distorted hexagonal phase

L. Ding, T. M. Weiss, G. Fragneto, W. Liu, L. Yang, and H. W. Huang, "Distorted hexagonal phase studied by neutron diffraction: lipid components demixed in a bent monolayer." Langmuir in press.

Diphytanoyl phasphatidylcholine

W. C. Hung, F. Y. Chen and H. W. Huang, “Order-disorder transition in bilayers of diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine,” Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1467: 198-206 (2000)

L. Yang and H. W. Huang, “Observation of a membrane fusion intermediate structure,” Science 297: 1877-1879 (2002)

Critical Swelling

F. Y. Chen, W. C. Hung, and H. W. Huang, "Critical swelling of phospholipid bilayers," Phys. Rev. Lett. 79: 4026-4029 (1997).

Headgroup size effect

W. T. Heller, K. He, S. J. Ludtke, T. A. Harroun, and H. W. Huang, "Effect of changing the size of lipid headgroup on peptide insertion into membrane," Biophys. J. 73: 239-244 (1997)