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. 1987 Feb 15;242(1):1–10. doi: 10.1042/bj2420001

Stabilization of dry phospholipid bilayers and proteins by sugars.

J H Crowe, L M Crowe, J F Carpenter, C Aurell Wistrom
PMCID: PMC1147656  PMID: 2954537

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