Osmotic and Curvature Stress Affect PEG-Induced Fusion of Lipid Vesicles but Not Mixing of Their Lipids
- 30 April 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biophysical Journal
- Vol. 82 (4) , 2090-2100
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75556-2
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