Elastic thickness compressibilty of the red cell membrane

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1452-1463

  Heinrich, Volkmar ^a   Ritchie, Ken ^b   Mohandas, Narla ^c   Evans, Evan ^a,d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFEROMETRY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034866574     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75800-6     Document Type: Article

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