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. 1992 Apr;62(1):48–50. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(92)81774-5

Gating of gap junction channels as revealed in cells stably transfected with wild type and mutant connexin cDNAs.

D C Spray 1, A P Moreno 1, B Eghbali 1, M Chanson 1, G I Fishman 1
PMCID: PMC1260480  PMID: 1376172

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