Discovering the molecular components of intercellular junctions--a historical view.

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Published in Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol on September 01, 2009

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Werner W Franke1

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1: Helmholtz Group for Cell Biology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. w.franke@dkfz.de

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