Assembly of an Activated Rhodopsin–Transducin Complex in Nanoscale Lipid Bilayers
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemistry
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0006-2960,1520-4995
DOI: 10.1021/bi4012995