The fractal dimension of cell membrane correlates with its capacitance: A new fractal single-shell model

Chaos

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Wang, Xujing ^a   Becker, Frederick F ^b   Gascoyne, Peter R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; FRACTALS; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION;

EID: 78650715546     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3526972     Document Type: Article

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