Gap junctions and insulin secretion

Pancreatic Beta Cell in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-132

  Klee, Philippe ^a   Bavamian, Sabine ^a   Charollais, Anne ^a   Caille, Dorothée ^a   Cancela, José ^a   Peyrou, Manon ^a   Meda, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-75452-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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