The long and short of colicin action: The molecular basis for the biological activity of channel-forming colicins

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-317

  Gouaux, Eric ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0031569404     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00188-3     Document Type: Review

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