Using cryo-electron microscopy to determine thermodynamic and elastic properties of membranes

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 261-268

  Van Zanten, Ryan ^a   Zasadzinski, Joseph A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LIPIDS; MIXTURES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE-FRACTURE MICROSCOPY; POLYMER MIXTURES;

MEMBRANES;

AMPHOPHILE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; LIPID; MACROGOL; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; FREEZE FRACTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 28044461749     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2005.09.001     Document Type: Review

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