Back Cover: Early Formation of the Ion‐Conducting Pore in Channelrhodopsin‐2 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 16/2015). Issue 16 (20th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kuhne, Jens; Eisenhauer, Kirstin; Ritter, Eglof; Hegemann, Peter; Gerwert, Klaus; Bartl, Franz
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 54:Issue 16(2015)
• Page Start: 4970
• Page End: 4970
• Publication Date: 2015-03-20
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502275
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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