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Co-Translational Insertion of Membrane Proteins into Preformed Nanodiscs
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Retraction: Polymer nanodiscs and macro-nanodiscs of a varying lipid composition
Venkata Sudheer Kumar Ramadugu1, Giacomo Maria Di Mauro, Thirupathi Ravula
1Biophysics Program and Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA. ramamoor@umich.edu.
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Retraction of 'Polymer nanodiscs and macro-nanodiscs of a varying lipid composition' by Venkata Sudheer Kumar Ramadugu et al., Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 10824-10826.
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