The working of a pulsatory liposome

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-519

  Popescu, Dumitru ^a,b   Popescu, Alin Gabriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Drug dose device; Lipid vesicle; Osmotic stress; Transient pore

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DRUG; LEAKAGE; LIPID; OSMOSIS; PORE SPACE; SWELLING;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHANNEL GATING; DEVICE; LIPID VESICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERIODICITY; PERMEABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 51349095031     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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