Publication Date:
1983-04-01
Description:
The thickness of intact human red cell membrane is measured by a light-microscope technique in which membrane material with a known surface area is extracted into a long, thin cylindrical strand. The radius of the strand is calculated from its known length and surface area. The minimum radius, obtained at high extraction velocities or large membrane tensions, is 55 angstroms. A collapsed membrane cylinder with a mean-mass radius of 55 angstroms would have a membrane thickness of 78 angstroms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hochmuth, R M -- Evans, C A -- Wiles, H C -- McCown, J T -- HL 23728/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Apr 1;220(4592):101-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6828875" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Erythrocyte Membrane/*ultrastructure
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Erythrocytes/*ultrastructure
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Humans
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Mathematics
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Microscopy
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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