Modeling the membrane environment for membrane proteins

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2073-2074

  Separovic, Frances ^a   Killian, J Antoinette ^b   Cotten, Myriam ^c   Busath, David D ^d   Cross, Timothy A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959689910     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.02.058     Document Type: Editorial

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