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Mechanism of Growth Promoting Activity of Epiregulin in Primary Cultures of Rat Hepatocytes

Toshi Komurasaki Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Medicinal Research Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-403, Yoshino-cho, Saitama-shi, Saitama 330-8530, Japan
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Hitoshi Toyoda Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Medicinal Research Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-403, Yoshino-cho, Saitama-shi, Saitama 330-8530, Japan
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Daisuke Uchida Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology Laboratory, Medicinal Research Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-403, Yoshino-cho, Saitama-shi, Saitama 330-8530, Japan
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Nobuo Nemoto Department of Toxicology, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sigitani, Toyama 930-01, Japan
Pages 61-69 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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