Nonaxiality in infrared dichroic ratios of polytopic transmembrane proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 354-358

  Marsh, Derek ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0031863433     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77519-8     Document Type: Article

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