Intercellular communication in lens development and disease

Gap Junctions in Development and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 173-195

  DeRosa, Adam M ^a   Martinez Wittinghan, Francisco J ^a   Mathias, Richard T ^a   White, Thomas W ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36649025340     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28621-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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