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Aggregation properties of various gangliosides into micelles and vesicles are described. Vesicles form spontaneously in solution and are in thermodynamic equilibrium with a small concentration of a lamellar phase. Vesicles seem to have small bending elasticity, of the order of kT.
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Cantù, L., Corti, M., Musolino, M. (1992). Micelles and Vesicles of Gangliosides. In: Lipowsky, R., Richter, D., Kremer, K. (eds) The Structure and Conformation of Amphiphilic Membranes. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84763-9_36
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