Influence of cholesterol and ergosterol on membrane dynamics: a fluorescence approach.

@article{Arora2004InfluenceOC,
  title={Influence of cholesterol and ergosterol on membrane dynamics: a fluorescence approach.},
  author={Ajuna Arora and H. Raghuraman and Amitabha Chattopadhyay},
  journal={Biochemical and biophysical research communications},
  year={2004},
  volume={318 4},
  pages={
          920-6
        }
}
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