Gramicidin channels are internally gated

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1486-1493

  Jones, Tyson L ^a   Fu, Riqiang ^b   Nielson, Frederick ^a   Cross, Timothy A ^b   Busath, David D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77951650562     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.055     Document Type: Article

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