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The fine art of pore formation

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The structure of an intact colicin-la protein suggests that channel formation by this molecule may be more complex than previously suggested.

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Sansom, M. The fine art of pore formation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 1, 563–567 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0994-563

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