Giant liposomes: From membrane dynamics to cell morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 358-368

  Hotani, Hirokazu ^a   Nomura, Fumimasa ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihito ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial cell; Cytoskeleton; Fusion; Giant liposome; Membrane; Shape change

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0033492807     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(99)90021-3     Document Type: Article

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