Viroporins: Structures and functions beyond cell membrane permeabilization
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Viroporins: Structures and Functions beyond Cell Membrane Permeabilization
1 Biophysics Unit (CSIC, UPV/EHU) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain 2 Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC, UAM), c/Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain * Correspondence: [email protected] (J.L.N.); [email protected] (L.C.); Tel.: +34-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Viruses
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v7102866