Membrane skeleton and red blood cell vesiculation at low pH

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1371, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-128

  Bobrowska Hägerstrand, Malgorzata ^a   Hägerstrand, Henry ^a   Iglič, Aleš ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Faculty for Electrical Engineering   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte; Membrane skeleton; PH; Vesiculation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL SIZE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345337266     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(98)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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