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[New concepts in anionic and cationic amino acid transport]

E Avila-Chávez1, N Torres-y-Torres, A R Tovar-Palacio

  • 1Departamento de Fisiología de la Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, México, D.F.

Revista De Investigacion Clinica; Organo Del Hospital De Enfermedades De La Nutricion
|April 4, 1998
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