Modeling protein-mediated morphology in biomembranes

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Agrawal, Ashutosh ^a   Steigmann, David J ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomembranes; Shape equation; Variable spontaneous curvature

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BENDING RESPONSE; BIOMEMBRANES; EQUILIBRIUM THEORY; LIPID MEMBRANES; MODEL PROTEINS; SHAPE EQUATION; SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE; STANDARD THEORIES; VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION; VARIABLE SPONTANEOUS CURVATURE;

PROTEINS;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR PORE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PORE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 69249219177     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-008-0143-0     Document Type: Article

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