Evolutionary origins of membrane proteins

Structural Bioinformatics of Membrane Proteins

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-28

  Mulkidjanian, Armen Y ^a,b   Galperin, Michael Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0045-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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