Connexins in mammalian heart function

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 719-730

  Gros, Daniel B ^a   Jongsma, Habo J ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030248881     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180907     Document Type: Review

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