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Measurement of 3-Dimensional cAMP Distributions in Living Cells using 4-Dimensional (x, y, z, and λ) Hyperspectral FRET Imaging and Analysis
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Ca2+-dependent regulation of cyclic-AMP phosphodiesterase by parvalbumin

J D Potter, J R Dedman, A R Means

    The Journal of Biological Chemistry
    |August 25, 1977
    PubMed

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