Probing the critical unilamellar state of membranes

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-286

  Gershfeld, N L ^a   Ginsberg, L ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical bilayer state; Membrane assembly; Phospholipid bilayers; Unilamellar; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030927944     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900207     Document Type: Article

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