Charged lipid vesicles: Effects of salts on bending rigidity, stability, and size

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3882-3893

  Claessens, Mireille M A E ^a   Van Oort, B F ^a   Leermakers, F A M ^a   Hoekstra, F A ^a   Stuart, M A Cohen ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID VESICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIGIDITY;

EID: 10044294029     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.036772     Document Type: Article

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