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Cyril Torre1, Christine Perret, Sabine Colnot

  • 1Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), Paris, France.

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science
|November 16, 2010
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Liver zonation, a key metabolic process, involves distinct hepatocyte functions along the porto-central axis. Understanding the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

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