Chemistry and physics of giant vesicles as biomembrane models

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 726-732

  Menger, Fredric M ^a   Keiper, Jason S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE; REVIEW;

BIOPHYSICS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032248006     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80110-5     Document Type: Article

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