Calcium channels: critical targets of toxicants and diseases.
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1215 Calcium Channels: Critical Targets of Toxicants and Diseases Gerald Audesirk,1 David Armstrong,2 Arn M.J.M. van den Maagdenberg,3 William Atchison,4 Timothy Shafer,5 and Colin Fletcher 6 1Biology Department, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA; 2Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA; 3Human and Clinical Genetics Department, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands; 4Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA; 5Neurotoxicology Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA; 6Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, California, USA
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
دوره 108 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000