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Stefan Amisten1, Pontus Duner2, Olof Asplund3

  • 1Department of Clinical Science, SUS, Division of Islet Cell Physiology, University of Lund, Sweden.

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
|July 13, 2018
PubMed
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Keywords:
Cell functionG-protein coupled receptorSecond messengerSignal

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