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Gramicidin-based Fluorescence Assay; for Determining Small Molecules Potential for Modifying Lipid Bilayer Properties
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Polylysine decelerates kinetics of negatively charged gramicidin channels as shown by sensitized photoinactivation

A V Krylov1, Y N Antonenko, E A Kotova

  • 1A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.

FEBS Letters
|December 23, 1998
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