An experimental and computational investigation of spontaneous lasso formation in microcin J25

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3056-3065

  Ferguson, Andrew L ^a   Zhang, Siyan ^a   Dikiy, Igor ^a   Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Z ^a   Debenedetti, Pablo G ^a   Link, A James ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 78349259753     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.073     Document Type: Article

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