Amphiphile-induced spherical microexovesicle corresponds to an extreme local area difference between two monolayers of the membrane bilayer

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-129

  Iglic A ^a   Hagerstrand H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Elastic energy; Membrane; Vesiculation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0040320330     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02513278     Document Type: Article

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