Targeting Connexin43 Expression Accelerates the Rate of Wound Repair

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 1697-1703

  Qiu, Cindy ^a   Coutinho, Petula ^a   Frank, Stefanie ^a   Franke, Susanne ^b   Law, Lee Yong ^b   Martin, Paul ^a   Green, Colin R ^b   Becker, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0141615015     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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