A Tale of Two Calcium Channels: Structural Pharmacology of Cav2.1 and Cav3.2

Overview

Journal Cell Res

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2024 May 3

PMID 38702487

Authors

Laurent Ferron

Gerald W Zamponi

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