Author/Editor		Kralj-Iglič, Veronika; Iglič, Aleš; Bobrowska-Haegerstrand, Malgorzata; Haegerstrand, Henry
Title		Tethers connecting daughter vesicles and parent red blood cell may be formed due to ordering of anisotropic membrane constituents
Type		članek
Source		Colloid Surface A
Vol. and No.		Letnik 179
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 57-64
Language		eng
Abstract		Vesiculation of red blood cells at high alkaline pH was studied experimentally and theoretically. It was observed that the red blood cell daughter vesicles can be connected to the parent cell by thin tubes (tethers). It is shown theoretically that the formation of tethers may be energetically favourable due to the quadrupolar ordering of the anisotropic membrane constituents in the strong curvature field of the tethers.
Descriptors		ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION CELL SIZE MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST MODELS, THEORETICAL