Gap junctions and connexin-mediated communication in the immune system
β Scribed by Ernesto Oviedo-Orta; W. Howard Evans
- Book ID
- 116273786
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Volume
- 1662
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0005-2736
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