CALCIUM ION ACCUMULATION AND VOLUME CHANGES OF ISOLATED LIVER MITOCHONDRIA. CALCIUM ION-INDUCED SWELLING.
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SUBMITTER: CHAPPELL JB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1214334 | biostudies-other | 1965 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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