Engineering Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Protein Studies
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Engineering Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Protein Studies
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Molecular Sciences
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1422-0067
DOI: 10.3390/ijms141121561