Permeability and the hidden area of lipid bilayers

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 706-714

  Vitkova, Victoria ^a   Genova, Julia ^a   Bivas, Isak ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Membranes; Permeability; Surface energy; Surface tension; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VOLUME; CHANNEL GATING; CONJUGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HYPOTHESIS; LIPID BILAYER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROPIPETTE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; TIME; WATER PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION; WATER;

EID: 11244304335     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0415-2     Document Type: Article

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