Adhesion of lipid tubules in an assembly

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 485-506

  Rosso, Riccardo ^a   Virga, Epifiano G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 22444453996     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: 14694425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792598003568     Document Type: Article

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