Characteristics of a membrane reservoir buffering membrane tension

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1992-2002

  Raucher, Drazen ^a   Sheetz, Michael P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHICKEN; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; NONHUMAN; TENSION;

EID: 0032876283     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77040-2     Document Type: Article

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