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. 2016 Aug;148(2):89-90.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.201611652. Epub 2016 Jul 18.

What makes a sodium channel?

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What makes a sodium channel?

Benjamin J Liebeskind. J Gen Physiol. 2016 Aug.
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