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A primary cell culture model for defective cardiac myofibrillogenesis in mexican axolotl embryos

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, State University of New York Health Science Center, 750 East Adams Street, 13210, Syracuse, New York

    Robert W. Zajdel, Yongze Zhu, Margaret E. Fransen & Larry F. Lemanski

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Zajdel, R.W., Zhu, Y., Fransen, M.E. et al. A primary cell culture model for defective cardiac myofibrillogenesis in mexican axolotl embryos. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 33, 677–680 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-997-0124-0

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