Coalescence of membrane tethers: Experiments, theory, and applications

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2714-2726

  Cuvelier, Damien ^a   Derényi, Imre ^b   Bassereau, Patricia ^a   Nassoy, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; GOLGI COMPLEX; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE TETHER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METHODOLOGY; MICROPIPETTE; OPTICS; PHYSICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 22144456340     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.056473     Document Type: Article

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