Abstract：
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journal_name
J Cell Biochemjournal_title
Journal of cellular biochemistryauthors
Premzl A,Turk V,Kos Jdoi
10.1002/jcb.20720subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-04-15 00:00:00pages
1230-40issue
6eissn
0730-2312issn
1097-4644journal_volume
97pub_type
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