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Urbano, F.J., Rosato-Siri, M.D., Uchitel, O.D. (2005). Differential Expression of Ca Channels and Synaptic Transmission in Normal and Ataxic Knock-Out Mice. In: Sepúlveda, F.V., Bezanilla, F. (eds) Pumps, Transporters, and Ion Channels. Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27424-3_8
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