Membrane bending energy and shape determination of phospholipid vesicles and red blood cells

The minimum energy of bending as a possible explanation of the biconcave shape of the human red blood cell

Peter B. Canham · Journal of Theoretical Biology · 1970 · 1.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physics +17

Biological Membranes as Bilayer Couples. A Molecular Mechanism of Drug-Erythrocyte Interactions

Michael P. Sheetz, S. J. Singer · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1974 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Pharmacology +17

Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Biomembranes

Evan Evans, Richard Skalak, Sheldon Weinbaum · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering · 1980 · 956 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physics +10

Bending Resistance and Chemically Induced Moments in Membrane Bilayers

Evan Evans · Biophysical Journal · 1974 · 691 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +14

Transformation and restoration of biconcave shape of human erythrocytes induced by amphiphilic agents and changes of ionic environment

Bernhard Deuticke · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · 1968 · 453 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +17