Phase fluctuations on the micron-submicron scale in GUVs composed of a binary lipid mixture

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-116

  Celli, Anna ^a,b   Beretta, Sabrina ^a   Gratton, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHASE SEPARATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 37749022739     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.105353     Document Type: Article

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