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Palmitate uptake by neonatal rat myocytes and hepatocytes. Role of extracellular protein

B M Elmadhoun1, G Q Wang, L A Kirshenbaum

  • 1Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

European Journal of Biochemistry
|June 8, 2001
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