Direct measurement of the area expansion and shear moduli of the human red blood cell membrane skeleton

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-56

  Lenormand, Guillaume ^a   Hénon, Sylvie ^a,b   Richert, Alain ^a   Siméon, Jacqueline ^a   Gallet, François ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b LBHP Case 7056   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTONIC SOLUTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIC STRENGTH; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE BINDING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0034961541     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75678-0     Document Type: Article

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