Membrane bending energy and shape determination of phospholipid vesicles and red blood cells

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 101-111

  Svetina, S ^a,b   Zeks B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Zootechnical Department   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

membrane bending energy; Phospholipid membrane; red blood cell shapes

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ERYTHROCYTE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0024324636     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: 14321017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00257107     Document Type: Article

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