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High transcytosis of melanotransferrin (P97) across the blood-brain barrier

Michel Demeule1, Julie Poirier, Julie Jodoin

  • 1Laboratoire de Médecine Moléculaire, Département de Chimie-Biochimie, Université du Québec à Montréal-Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Journal of Neurochemistry
|November 8, 2002
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