Two-photon fluorescence microscopy observation of shape changes at the phase transition in phospholipid giant unilamellar vesicles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2090-2101

  Bagatolli, Luis A ^a,b   Gratton, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE;

EID: 0032826460     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77050-5     Document Type: Article

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