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A new look at membrane protein binding

An optical spectroscopy method can measure the affinities of ligands to membrane receptors that are embedded in their native membranes.

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Lunn, C. A new look at membrane protein binding. Nat Biotechnol 29, 328–329 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1820

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