Effect of physical constraints on the mechanisms of membrane fusion: Bolaform lipid vesicles as model systems

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1789-1795

  Relini, A ^a   Cassinadri, D ^a   Fan, Q ^a,d   Gulik, A ^b   Mirghani, Z ^a,e   De Rosa, M ^c   Gliozzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0029793143     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79379-7     Document Type: Article

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