Phenotypes of sGC mutant mice in basic conditions, disease and shock
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Address: 1Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, 2Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, Molecular Pathology and Experimental Therapy Unit, VIB, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium, 3Anesthesia Centre for Critical Care Research, Massachusetts General Hospital/HMS, Boston, MA, USA, 4Department of Pharmacology, Heymans Institute, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium and 5Cardiovascular Research, Bayer HealthCare AG, Aprather Weg 18a, D-42096 Wuppertal, Germany
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