Stress-free state of the red blood cell membrane and the deformation of its skeleton

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-227

  Švelc, Tjaša ^a   Svetina, Saša ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Membrane skeleton; Micropipette aspiration; Red blood cell; Skeleton deformation; Spectrin; Stress free shape

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE FUNCTION; CELL STRESS; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROPIPETTE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CELL SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84864617663     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-012-0005-8     Document Type: Article

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