Gap junctions and connexin expression in the normal and pathological central nervous system
✍ Scribed by N Rouach; E Avignone; W Même; A Koulakoff; L Venance; F Blomstrand; C Giaume
- Book ID
- 114191824
- Publisher
- Portland Press
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 185 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0248-4900
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