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Title: Understanding the Coacervate-to-Vesicle Transition of Globular Fusion Proteins to Engineer Protein Vesicle Size and Membrane Heterogeneity
Award ID(s):
1709428
NSF-PAR ID:
10184608
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Biomacromolecules
Volume:
20
Issue:
9
ISSN:
1525-7797
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3494 to 3503
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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