Accurate laser light scattering measurements on water solutions of the pure ganglioside GM3 show that vesicles are spontaneously formed and that the vesicle distribution changes with temperature from 7 °C to 50 °C, with vesicle average diameters ranging from 530 Å to 490 Å. The vesicle distribution is in equilibrium with a small percentage of large flat aggregates. No hysteresis effects are found and vesicles preparations are extremely stable. The interesting differences with phospholipid vesicles are attributed to the presence in the ganglioside of a hydrated hydrophilic head group of sugar type.
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