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Alamethicin, a cyclopeptide, can induce action potentials in biomolecular lipid membranes.
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MUELLER, P., RUDIN, D. Action Potentials induced in Biomolecular Lipid Membranes. Nature 217, 713–719 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217713a0
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