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Depolarization-induced 86Rb+ efflux in CHO cells expressing a recombinant potassium channel

W Hu1, J Toral, P Cervoni

  • 1CV/CNS Research Section, Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York, USA.

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods
|September 1, 1995
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