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Mapping Molecular Diffusion in the Plasma Membrane by Multiple-Target Tracing (MTT)
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Published on: May 27, 2012

Lateral diffusion of human histocompatibility antigens in isolated plasma membranes

Y X Su, S Lin, M Edidin

    Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
    |September 19, 1984
    PubMed

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