Spectrin properties and the elasticity of the red blood cell membrane skeleton

Biorheology

Volumn 34, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 327-348

  Hansen, J C ^a   Skalak, R ^a,b   Chien, S ^a   Hoger, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Entropic spring; Erythrocytes; Molecular mechanics; Triple coiled coil

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; MEASUREMENT; MICROPIPETTE; MOLECULAR MODEL; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS;

CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0031407356     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-355X(98)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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