Glutamate receptors on human melanocytes regulate the expression of MiTF
β Scribed by Hoogduijn, M. J. ;Hitchcock, I. S. ;Smit, N. P. M. ;Gillbro, J. M. ;Schallreuter, K. U. ;Genever, P. G.
- Book ID
- 111259968
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0893-5785
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