Giant Vesicles: Imitating the Cytological Processes of Cell Membranes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 789-797

  Menger, Fredric M ^a   Angelova, Miglena I ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 0001378233     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar970103v     Document Type: Article

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