Connexins and Disease

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Connexins and Disease. / Delmar, Mario; Laird, Dale W; Naus, Christian C; Nielsen, Morten S; Verselis, Vytautas K; White, Thomas W.

In: Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, Vol. 10, No. 9, a029348, 2018, p. 1-18.

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Delmar, M, Laird, DW, Naus, CC, Nielsen, MS, Verselis, VK & White, TW 2018, 'Connexins and Disease', Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, vol. 10, no. 9, a029348, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a029348

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Delmar, M., Laird, D. W., Naus, C. C., Nielsen, M. S., Verselis, V. K., & White, T. W. (2018). Connexins and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 10(9), 1-18. [a029348]. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a029348

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Delmar M, Laird DW, Naus CC, Nielsen MS, Verselis VK, White TW. Connexins and Disease. Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 2018;10(9):1-18. a029348. https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a029348

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Delmar, Mario ; Laird, Dale W ; Naus, Christian C ; Nielsen, Morten S ; Verselis, Vytautas K ; White, Thomas W. / Connexins and Disease. In: Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. 2018 ; Vol. 10, No. 9. pp. 1-18.

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