Stability of Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers Assessed by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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Stability of asymmetric lipid bilayers assessed by molecular dynamics simulations.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Chemical Society
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0002-7863,1520-5126
DOI: 10.1021/ja904450t