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Solid-state NMR has been for a long time a major tool for looking into membranes. Presently this versatile method is being used to understand other biological aspects such as the effect of anaesthetics or the mechanism of translocation of cell penetrating peptides.
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Castro, V. (2005). “Seeing” Lipid Membranes by Solid-State NMR. In: Evangelista, V., Barsanti, L., Passarelli, V., Gualtieri, P. (eds) From Cells to Proteins: Imaging Nature across Dimensions. NATO Security through Science Series. Springer, Dordrecht . https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3616-7_24
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