Articles
Volume 2 (2009) - August 2009
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Research article
The influence of membrane physical properties on microvesicle release in human erythrocytes Laurie J Gonzalez, Elizabeth Gibbons, Rachel W Bailey, Jeremy Fairbourn, Thaothanh Nguyen, Samantha K Smith, Katrina B Best, Jennifer Nelson, Allan M Judd, John D Bell PMC Biophysics 2009, 2:7 (24 August 2009) Exposure of human erythrocytes to elevated intracellular calcium causes fragments of the cell membrane to be shed as microvesicles. This study tested the hypothesis that microvesicle release depends on microscopic membrane physical properties such as lipid order, fluidity, and composition.
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