Evolution of gap junctions: The missing link? [1]

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Alexopoulos, Haris ^a   Böttger, Angelika ^b   Fischer, Sylvia ^b   Levin, Alice ^b   Wolf, Alexander ^b   Fujisawa, Toshitaka ^c   Hayakawa, Shiho ^c   Gojobori, Takashi ^c   Davies, Jane A ^d   David, Charles N ^b   Bacon, Jonathan P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 6944241533     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.067     Document Type: Note

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