Lipid dynamics in fast-tumbling bicelles with varying bilayer thickness: Effect of model transmembrane peptides
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0005-2736
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.07.010