The energetics of transmembrane helix insertion into a lipid bilayer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2534-2540

  Chetwynd, Alan ^a   Wee, Chze Ling ^a,b   Hall, Benjamin A ^a,b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049275424     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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