Amplitude Hierarchy of Vesicle Shapes

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Xu, L ^a   Dobereiner H G ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending energy; Spontaneous curvature; Vesicle shapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002547008     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005190615390     Document Type: Article

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