Conformational states of melittin at a bilayer interface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Andersson, Magnus ^a,d   Ulmschneider, Jakob P ^b   Ulmschneider, Martin B ^a,c   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84877086411     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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