Osmotic gradients induce bio-reminiscent morphological transformations in giant unilamellar vesicles

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  la Oglecka, Kami ^a   Sanborn, Jeremy ^b   Parikh, Atul N ^b,c   Kraut, Rachel S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Giant unilamellar vesicles; Membrane dynamics; Osmotic gradients; Phase separation; Vesiculation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866375671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00120     Document Type: Article

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