Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 208, Issue , 2014, Pages 225-234

  Dimova, Rumiana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bending rigidity; Cholesterol; Fluctuation spectroscopy; Giant vesicles; Micropipette aspiration; Vesicle electrodeformation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PROTEINS;

BENDING RIGIDITY; ELECTRO DEFORMATIONS; FLUCTUATION SPECTROSCOPY; GIANT VESICLES; MICROPIPETTE ASPIRATION;

RIGIDITY;

LIPOSOME;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; ORGANELLE SHAPE; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANELLE SHAPE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84899913470     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.03.003     Document Type: Review

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