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Cellular junctions of myelinated nerves (Review)

Ivo Spiegel Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Elior Peles Department of Molecular Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Pages 95-101 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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