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Zuzana Kilianova1, Natalia Ciznarova1, Kristina Szmicsekova1,2

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
|February 5, 2020
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Keywords:
acetylcholineacetylcholinesteraseacétylcholineacétylcholinestérasebutyrylcholinesterasebutyrylcholinestérasecollagen Q anchoring proteinproline-rich membrane anchoring protein« collagen Q anchoring protein »« proline-rich membrane anchoring protein »

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