Developmental expression and regulation of the gap junction protein and transcript in rat ovaries
β Scribed by Irit Granot; Nava Dekel
- Book ID
- 111658975
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 386 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1040-452X
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