Lipid Bilayer
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From: Dr. William McClure, Department of Biological Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Color Codes
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Credits
: The coordinates are from the work of H. Heller, M. Schaefer, and K. Schulten (1993) "Molecular dynamics simulation of a bilayer of 200 lipids in the gel and in the liquid-crystal phases",
J. Phys. Chem.
97
, 8343-60.