Calcitonin Forms Oligomeric Pore-Like Structures in Lipid Membranes
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Pore-like structures in biological membranes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.079475