Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 412-420 , May 2007

Expression and Function of the Gene Encoding the Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channel β3-Subunit in the Mouse Placenta

  • U. Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Development and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • T. Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Development and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • C. Looman

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Box 595, Uppsala S-751 24, Sweden
    • ,
  • R. Heuchel

      Affiliations

    • Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Box 595, Uppsala S-751 24, Sweden
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  • R. Elliott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA
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  • M. Freichel

      Affiliations

    • Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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  • M. Meissner

      Affiliations

    • Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany
    • ,
  • V. Flockerzi

      Affiliations

    • Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany
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  • R. Fundele

      Affiliations

    • Department of Development and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 184715769; fax: +46 184712683.

,Accepted 16 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.05.007

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 412-420 , May 2007

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