Mechanosensitivity of cell membranes. Role of liquid crystalline lipid matrix

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3319, Issue , 1997, Pages 306-318

  Petrov, Alexander G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cell membrane complex; Cytoskeleton; Flexoelectricity; Ion channels; Lipid matrix; Mechano etectric phenomena; Mechanosensitivity; Mechanosensors; Mechanotransduction; Model membranes; Stress sensitivity modelling

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; IONS; LIPIDS; STRAIN; STRESSES;

LIQUID CRYSTALLINE LIPID MATRIX;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 0031393461     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.301309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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