MEMBPLUGIN: studying membrane complexity in VMD

MEMBPLUGIN: studying membrane complexity in VMD
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DOI:
10.1093/bioinformatics/btu037
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发表时间:
2014-05-15
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影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Selent, Jana
Selent, Jana
中科院分区:
生物学3区
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作者:
Guixa-Gonzalez, Ramon;Rodriguez-Espigares, Ismael;Selent, Jana

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