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Specific inhibitors of intracellular Ca2+ transport ATPases

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Inesi, G., Sagara, Y. Specific inhibitors of intracellular Ca2+ transport ATPases. J. Membarin Biol. 141, 1–6 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00232868

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