Human mitochondria in health, disease, ageing and cancer

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-71

  Bartnik, Ewa ^a   Lorenc, Anna ^b   Mroczek, Katarzyna ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c NONE

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EID: 0345775349     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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