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. 2006 Nov 10;92(3):864–876. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.106.094953

TABLE 1.

Elastic properties of membranes formed by the coarse-grained lipids used in this study

Parameter Value Description Reference
t0 2.4 nm Monolayer thickness *
Σ0 0.59 nm2 Area per lipid *
kc 1.4 × 10−19 J Bilayer bending modulus *
kG −0.76 × 10−19 J 2 × monolayer saddle splay modulus
Inline graphic 0.94 × 10−19 J nm−4 Bilayer compressibility modulus *
c0 0.098 nm−1 Monolayer spontaneous curvature *
Inline graphic 0.085 nm−2 Area renormalized spontaneous curvature *
Inline graphic −0.78 nm−4 Volume renormalized spontaneous curvature
*

Brannigan and Brown (18).

Extracted from Fig. 5 of this work.

Brannigan and Brown (18) contains an error. The value reported here is correct.