Helenius et al. reply

Nature

Volumn 454, Issue 7204, 2008, Pages

  Helenius, Jonne ^a,e   Ng, Davis T W ^b,f   Marolda, Cristina L ^c   Walter, Peter ^d   Valvano, Miguel A ^c   Aebi, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN FLIPPASE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48349109844     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07164     Document Type: Note

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