Lipid bilayer domain fluctuations as a probe of membrane viscosity

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Camley, Brian A ^a   Esposito, Cinzia ^b   Baumgart, Tobias ^b   Brown, Frank L H ^a,c  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957326046     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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