What is the surface tension of a lipid bilayer membrane?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1348-1349

  Jähnig, Fritz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; SHORT SURVEY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0029737564     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79336-0     Document Type: Note

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