文摘
A real time observation of a myelin-like giant multilamellar vesicle (mGMV) revealed that it dividedinto relatively small mGMVs when an aqueous solution of an electrolyte was added. Furthermore, themGMV showed a division process accompanied by the growth of the dividing mGMVs when a bolaamphiphilewhich was composed of an electrolyte unit and a vesicular amphiphile unit was added. This vesicularsystem can be regarded as a self-reproduction of mGMV, where the added amphiphile acts as a supplierof both the vesicular amphiphile and the division initiator.