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Paul C Guest1

  • 1Laboratory of Neuroproteomics, Department of Biochemistry and Tissue Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, Brazil. paulcguest@yahoo.com.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
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PubMed

Keywords:
Collagenase digestionDensity gradient centrifugationImmunoassayInsulinIslets of Langerhans

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