Red blood cell shape and deformability in the context of the functional evolution of its membrane structure

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-181

  Svetina, Saša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Deformability; Functional evolution; Membrane skeleton; Red blood cell; Vesicle shapes

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SPECTRIN;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL FUNCTION; ECHINOCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RED BLOOD CELL VOLUME TO MEMBRANE AREA RATIO; REVIEW; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EID: 84864611147     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-012-0001-z     Document Type: Review

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