Membrane proteins: A tale of barrels and corks

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1999, Pages

  Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033535603     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80157-2     Document Type: Note

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