Fluctuations of the red blood cell membrane: Relation to mechanical properties and lack of ATP dependence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4134-4144

  Evans, James ^a,b   Gratzer, Walter ^a   Mohandas, Narla ^b   Parker, Kim ^c   Sleep, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCOSITY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 42749096673     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117952     Document Type: Article

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