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. 1993 Aug;2(8):1361–1363. doi: 10.1002/pro.5560020820

Prediction of membrane-spanning beta-strands and its application to maltoporin.

T Schirmer 1, S W Cowan 1
PMCID: PMC2142435  PMID: 8401221

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