Mesoscopic undulations and thickness fluctuations in lipid bilayers from molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 426-433

  Lindahl, Erik ^a   Edholm, Olle ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 0033932839     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76304-1     Document Type: Article

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