Compressibilities and volume fluctuations of archaeal tetraether liposomes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3319-3326

  Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a   Sulc, Michael ^b   Winter, Roland ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 78649240042     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.061     Document Type: Article

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