Measurements of leucocyte membrane elasticity based on the optical tweezers

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 503-508

  Guo, Honglian ^a   Cao, Qinhong ^c   Ren, Dongtao ^c   Liu, Guoqing ^c   Duan, Jianfa ^b   Li, Zhaolin ^a   Zhang, Daozhong ^a   Han, Xuehai ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Elasticity of membrane; Optical tweezers; Tension of membrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749655805     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03tb9106     Document Type: Article

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