ARTIFICIAL MICROCOMPARTMENTALISED STRUCTURES AND PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF

摘要

A semipermeable microcompartment which is artificially prepared by reassembly of proteinaceous substances and which is defined by a peripheral membrane which consists substantially of a layer of macromolecules each of which comprises a relatively hydrophilic moiety and a relatively hydrophobic moiety and wherein the majority of such macromolecules forming the membrane are disposed with their relatively hydrophobic moieties orientated inwardly towards the interior of the microcompartment.