Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of Na+/Cl--dependent neurotransmitter transporters
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Yamashita, A., Singh, S. K., Kawate, T., Jin, Y., & Gouaux, E. (2005). Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of Na+/Cl--dependent neurotransmitter transporters. Nature, 437(7056), 215–223.

Authors 5
  1. Atsuko Yamashita (first)
  2. Satinder K. Singh (additional)
  3. Toshimitsu Kawate (additional)
  4. Yan Jin (additional)
  5. Eric Gouaux (additional)
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@article{Yamashita_2005, title={Crystal structure of a bacterial homologue of Na+/Cl--dependent neurotransmitter transporters}, volume={437}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature03978}, DOI={10.1038/nature03978}, number={7056}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Yamashita, Atsuko and Singh, Satinder K. and Kawate, Toshimitsu and Jin, Yan and Gouaux, Eric}, year={2005}, month=jul, pages={215–223} }