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The bicellular and reflexive membrane junctions of renomedullary interstitial cells: functional implications of

R A Majack, W J Larsen

    The American Journal of Anatomy
    |February 1, 1980
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Renal interstitial cellsGap junction signalingKidney anatomyCell junctionsRenal physiology

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