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PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE FOR WEAK MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS ON MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNEL SUBCONDUCTING STATES IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Jon Dobson Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Thornburrow Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7QB, UK
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Zoe Stewart Department of Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Perth, WA6907, Australia
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Boris Martinac Department of Pharmacology, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Perth, WA6907, Australia
Pages 89-95 | Published online: 14 May 2002

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