Disrupted Intercellular Communication Causes a Disfiguring Birth Defect
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Disrupted Intercellular Communication Causes a Disfiguring Birth Defect
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040335