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The bending rigidity of the red blood cell cytoplasmic membrane

An important mechanical property of cells is the membrane bending modulus, κ. In the case of red blood cells (RBCs) there is a composite membrane consisting of a cytoplasmic membrane and an underlying spectrin network. Literature values of κ are puzzling, as they are reported over a wide range, from...

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Autores principales: Himbert, Sebastian, D’Alessandro, Angelo, Qadri, Syed M., Majcher, Michael J., Hoare, Todd, Sheffield, William P., Nagao, Michihiro, Nagle, John F., Rheinstädter, Maikel C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9342732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35913930
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269619