Communication in the immune system by connexin channels

Connexin Cell Communication Channels: Roles in the Immune System and Immunopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-14

  Oviedo Orta, Ernesto ^a   Evans, William Howard ^b  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85054214293     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b14166     Document Type: Chapter

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