Glycosphingolipid acyl chain order profiles: substituent effects
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0005-2736
DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(95)80010-d