Chapter 26: Cx43 (α1) Gap Junctions in Cardiac Development and Disease

Current Topics in Membranes and Transport

Volumn 49, Issue C, 1999, Pages 581-602

  Gourdie, Robert G ^a   Lo, Cecilia W ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956712183     PISSN: 00702161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2161(08)61030-8     Document Type: Article

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