Gap and tight junctions in liver: Composition, regulation, and function

The Liver: Biology and Pathobiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 201-220

  Kojima, Takashi ^a   Sawada, Norimasa ^a   Yamaguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Fort, Alfredo G ^b   Spray, David C ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79960703006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470747919.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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