Meso-octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole: an old yet new transmembrane ion-pair transporter.
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SUBMITTER: Tong CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2866091 | biostudies-other | 2008 Dec
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meso-octamethylcalix[4]pyrrole: an old yet new transmembrane ion-pair transporter.
Tong Christine C CC Quesada Roberto R Sessler Jonathan L JL Gale Philip A PA
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20081021 47
The first example of lipid bilayer membrane transport of a salt by a calix[4]pyrrole is reported. ...[more]
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