Special features of phosphatidylcholine vesicles as seen in cryo-transmission electron microscopy

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 329-340

  Klösgen, Beate ^a   Helfrich, Wolfgang ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo transmission electron microscopy; Membrane roughness; Vesicle shapes

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID VESICLE;

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EGG YOLK; FREEZING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES;

EID: 0027364060     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: 14321017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00213556     Document Type: Article

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