Spontaneous curvature of fluid vesicles induced by trans-bilayer sugar asymmetry

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Döbereiner, Hans Günther ^a   Selchow, Olaf ^a   Lipowsky, Reinhard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilayer couple; Spontaneous curvature; Sugar asymmetry; Vesicle shape

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; GRAVITY; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE VESICLE;

EID: 0032907795     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050197     Document Type: Article

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