Expressional Profiling of Connexin Isoforms in the Initial Segment of the Male Reproductive Tract during Postnatal Development |
Seo, Hee-Jung
(Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Eulji University Medical Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, Eulji University)
Seon, Chan-Wook (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Eulji University Medical Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, Eulji University) Choi, In-Ho (School of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University) Cheon, Yong-Pil (School of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Institute of Basic Sciences, Sungshin Women's University) Cheon, Tae-Hoon (School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Division of Life Sciences, Korea University) Lee, Ki-Ho (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Eulji University Medical Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, Eulji University) |
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