Dynamics of oscillating erythrocyte doublets after electrofusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2602-2611

  Baumann, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL SWELLING; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE MODEL; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0032735435     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77094-3     Document Type: Article

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