Membrane insertion of a voltage sensor helix

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 410-419

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78751685656     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.3682     Document Type: Article

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