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Folding proteins into membranes

Nature Structural Biology volume 3, pages 815–818 (1996)Cite this article

Peptide partitioning into the lipid bilayer interface can be used as a measure of amino acid hydrophobicity that should be considered in the early stages of membrane protein folding.

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    Charles M. Deber & Natalie K. Goto

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