Titin folding powers muscle contraction
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2435-4953
DOI: 10.1254/jpssuppl.92.0_2-sl05