Hydrostatic pressure in small phospholipid vesicles.
The internal solvent-filled cavity of a singlewalled spherical phospholipid vesicle must be at essentially the same pressure as the aqueous medium outside the vesicle. Whether or not the bilayer itself is under elevated pressure cannot at present be determined.
Tanford
C
C
Whitehead Medical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.