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The Hydrophobicity Threshold for Peptide Insertion into Membranes

✍ Scribed by Charles M. Deber; Li-Ping Liu; Chen Wang; Natalie K. Goto; Reinhart A. F. Reithmeier

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2010
Weight: 25 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0931-7597
DOI: 10.1002/chin.200248260

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