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Insulin secretion in health and disease: genomics, proteomics and single vesicle dynamics

G A Rutter1, A Varadi, T Tsuboi

  • 1Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrated Cell Signalling and Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK. g.a.rutter@bris.ac.uk

Biochemical Society Transactions
|March 21, 2006
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