Short CommunicationImmunohistochemical localization of γ and β subunits of epithelial Na+ channel in the rat molar tooth pulp
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Acknowledgments
We greatly appreciate Dr. David Julius at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, and Dr. Michael J. Welsh and Dr. Heather A. Drummond at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa College of Medicine for their kind gifts of the antisera to VRL-1, γENaC and βENaC.
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