The bending rigidity of the red blood cell cytoplasmic membrane.

An important mechanical property of cells is the membrane bending modulus, κ. In the case of red blood cells (RBCs) there is a composite membrane consisting of a cytoplasmic membrane and an underlying spectrin network. Literature values of κ are puzzling, as they are reported over a wide range, from...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Himbert, Angelo D'Alessandro, Syed M Qadri, Michael J Majcher, Todd Hoare, William P Sheffield, Michihiro Nagao, John F Nagle, Maikel C Rheinstädter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269619