Autodirected insertion: Preinserted VDAC channels greatly shorten the delay to the insertion of new channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2129-2136

  Xu, Xiaofeng ^a   Colombini, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030967247     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78855-6     Document Type: Article

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