Solution Exchange in Sessile Droplet Lipid Bilayers for IC50 Measurements of Ion Channels
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.11.1799