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Real-time Imaging of Leukotriene B4 Mediated Cell Migration and BLT1 Interactions with β-arrestin
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Novel transcellular interaction: conversion of granulocyte-derived leukotriene A4 to cysteinyl-containing

C Edenius1, K Heidvall, J A Lindgren

  • 1Department of Physiological Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

European Journal of Biochemistry
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