Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia’s Favorite Son, was a Membrane Biophysicist
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.12.028