The role of lysophosphatidic acid receptors in phenotypic modulation of vascular smooth muscle cells
β Scribed by Zhibin Zhou; Jianping Niu; Zhijun Zhang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 964 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-4851
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