Hydrostatic pressure in small phospholipid vesicles
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 76 (7) , 3318-3319
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.76.7.3318
Abstract
The internal solvent-filled cavity of a singlewalled spherical phospholipid vesicle must be at essentially the same pressure as the aqueous medium outside the vesicle. Whether or not the bilayer itself is under elevated pressure cannot at present be determined.Keywords
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