Physical properties of membranes composed of tetraether archaeal lipids

Thermophiles: Biology and Technology at High Temperatures

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 73-95

  Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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