Biophysical coarse-grained modeling provides insights into transport through the nuclear pore complex

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1410-1419

  Moussavi Baygi, R ^a   Jamali, Y ^a   Karimi, R ^a   Mofrad, M R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79952598663     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.01.061     Document Type: Article

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