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Effects of calsequestrin over-expression on excitation-contraction coupling in isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes

Stewart L W Miller1, Susan Currie, Christopher M Loughrey

  • 1Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

Cardiovascular Research
|May 26, 2005
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