Probing a structural model of the nuclear pore complex channel through molecular dynamics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1658-1667

  Miao, Lingling ^a   Schulten, Klaus ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 77951638707     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4305     Document Type: Article

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