Elastic energy of curvature-driven bump formation on red blood cell membrane

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2 I, 1996, Pages 1027-1035

  Waugh, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ECHINOCYTE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0030030266     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79648-0     Document Type: Article

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