The postsynaptic organization of synapses

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sheng, Morgan ^a   Kim, Eunjoon ^b  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84862996059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a005678     Document Type: Article

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