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Original Article

Role of Cytoskeletal Elements in the Recruitment of Cx43-GFP and Cx26-YFP into Gap Junctions

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Pages 231-236 | Received 01 Sep 2001, Accepted 15 Sep 2001, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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