Vesicle fluctuation analysis of the effects of sterols on membrane bending rigidity

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 732-741

  Henriksen, Jonas ^a   Rowat, Amy C ^b   Ipsen, John H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lipid bilayer; Mechanical properties; Membrane elasticity

Indexed keywords

2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; STEROL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; STEROLS;

EID: 11244267130     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0420-5     Document Type: Article

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