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Role of growth factors in the contraction and maintenance of collagen lattices made with arterial smooth muscle cells

✍ Scribed by Jan-Kan Chen; Howard B. Haimes; Crispin B. Weinberg

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1991
Tongue: English
Weight: 787 KB
Volume: 146
Category: Article
ISSN: 0021-9541
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041460115

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