Carriers and channels: Current progress and future prospects

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 711-716

  Bell, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; ION CHANNEL;

CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ION CHANNELS;

EID: 0032254616     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80108-7     Document Type: Article

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