Unravelling the folding of bacteriorhodopsin

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics

سال: 2000

ISSN: 0005-2728

DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(00)00125-0