Chapter 2: Degradation of Gap Junctions and Connexins

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages 23-41

  Laing, James G ^a   Beyer, Eric C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77956697205     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61006-0     Document Type: Article

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