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Lejla Zubcevic1, Vassiliy N Bavro, Joao R C Muniz

  • 1From the Biological Physics Group, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
|November 22, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Channel GatingCrystal StructureIon ChannelsKir ChannelKirBacMembrane ProteinsMolecular DynamicsPotassium Channels

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