PE and PS Lipids Synergistically Enhance Membrane Poration by a Peptide with Anticancer Properties

Autor: Anders Aufderhorst-Roberts, Natália Bueno Leite, João Ruggiero Neto, Simon D. Connell, Mario Sergio Palma, Paul A. Beales
Přispěvatelé: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), University of Leeds
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: PubMed
Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
ISSN: 1542-0086
0006-3495
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