Cationic carriers of genetic material and cell death: A mitochondrial tale
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0005-2728
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.03.026