Gap junctions: Getting the message through

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Nicholson, Simone M ^a   Bruzzone, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

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ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031172696     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00169-2     Document Type: Article

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