Nanomechanics of lipid bilayers by force spectroscopy with AFM: A perspective

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1798, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 741-749

  Garcia Manyes, Sergi ^a,b   Sanz, Fausto ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Force spectroscopy; Lipid bilayer; Nanomechanics

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ACCURACY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ELASTICITY; ELECTRICITY; FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PROBE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77449115177     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.12.019     Document Type: Review

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