FEBS Letters
Volume 564, Issue 3 , Pages 269-273 , 30 April 2004

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible

Edited by Fritz Winkler and Andreas Engel

  • L Oliveira

      Affiliations

    • Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • T Hulsen

      Affiliations

    • CMBI, KUN, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • D Lutje Hulsik

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Cell Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • A.C.M Paiva

      Affiliations

    • Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • G Vriend

      Affiliations

    • CMBI, KUN, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: (31)-24-3652977

Received 17 December 2003 ,Accepted 23 February 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/S0014-5793(04)00320-5

FEBS Letters
Volume 564, Issue 3 , Pages 269-273 , 30 April 2004