Membrane fusion in vesicles of oligomerizable lipids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1 I, 1999, Pages 374-386

  Ravoo, Bart Jan ^a   Weringa, Wilke D ^a   Engberts, Jan B F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EDETIC ACID; LIPID;

ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; OLIGOMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0032929267     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77204-8     Document Type: Article

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