Mechanical properties of pore-spanning lipid bilayers probed by atomic force microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 217-226

  Steltenkamp, Siegfried ^a   Müller, Martin Michael ^b   Deserno, Markus ^b   Hennesthal, Christian ^c   Steinem, Claudia ^c   Janshoff, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS;

EID: 33745759770     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.081398     Document Type: Article

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