Potassium channels: Watching a voltage-sensor tilt and twist

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034624666     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00354-7     Document Type: Review

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