COLLAPSE OF GIANT PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE VESICLES

Authors
KUMMROW M HELFRICH W
Citation
M. Kummrow et W. Helfrich, COLLAPSE OF GIANT PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE VESICLES, Chemistry and physics of lipids, 79(2), 1996, pp. 147-156
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Chemistry and physics of lipids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00093084
Volume
79
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
147 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-3084(1996)79:2<147:COGPV>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The collapse of giant phosphatidylcholine vesicles was recorded by vid eo microscopy. The vesicle membranes transform into small particles wh ich seem to represent a multiply self-connected bilayer, possibly a cu bic phase. We estimate the lipid density of the black (or bright) part icles and the lateral tension rupturing the vesicle bilayers.