Mind the gap: connexins and cell-cell communication in the diabetic kidney.

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Published in Diabetologia on October 31, 2014

Authors

Claire E Hills1, Gareth W Price, Paul E Squires

Author Affiliations

1: School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK, chills@lincoln.ac.uk.

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