Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 1343-1347 , December 1999

Cylindrical shapes of closed lipid bilayer structures correspond to an extreme area difference between the two monolayers of the bilayer

  • Aleš Iglič

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Applied Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Tražaška 25, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +386-61-1768-411; fax: +386-61-1264-630
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  • Veronika Kralj-Iglič

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Lipičeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
    • ,
  • Janja Majhenc

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Lipičeva 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

,Accepted 22 June 1999.

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Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 32, Issue 12 , Pages 1343-1347 , December 1999

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