Homeobox Gene Prx1 Is Expressed in Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells and Transactivates Collagen 1(I) Promoter
✍ Scribed by Jiang, F.; Stefanovic, B.
- Book ID
- 121721805
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Medicine Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 965 KB
- Volume
- 233
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1535-3702
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