Chapter 18: Properties of Connexin50 Hemichannels Expressed in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages 369-388

  Eskandari, Sepehr ^a   Zampighi, Guido A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956707718     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61022-9     Document Type: Article

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