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Pantazis, A., Olcese, R. (2019). Cut-Open Oocyte Voltage-Clamp Technique. In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_371-1
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