Cell membrane fluidity changes and membrane undulations observed using a laser scattering technique

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 531-536

  Haidekker, Mark A ^a,b   Stevens, Hazel Y ^a,c   Frangos, John A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Ethanol; Membrane micromotion; Paraformaldehyde; Quasi elastic light scattering; Sodium azide; Xenon

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; MEMBRANE MICROMOTION; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; QUASI-ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; SODIUM AZIDE;

ALCOHOLS; ANESTHETICS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ETHANOL; FLUIDITY; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; PROTEINS; VISCOSITY; XENON;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ALCOHOL; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; POLYMER; SODIUM AZIDE; XENON;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TUMOR CELL LINE; VISCOSITY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ETHANOL; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LASERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SODIUM AZIDE; VISCOSITY; XENON;

EID: 2642565334     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000019172.12700.b8     Document Type: Article

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