Seeing is believing: The stalk intermediate

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2747-2748

  Lentz, Barry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTAXIN;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 33749521229     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090290     Document Type: Short Survey

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