Gap junction expression in brain tissues with focus on development

Gap Junctions in Development and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 83-110

  Dermietzel, Rolf ^a   Meier, Carola ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28621-7_5     Document Type: Chapter

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