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Main Authors: Wen-Ling Dai, Xin-Tong Liu, Yi-Ni Bao, Bing Yan, Nan Jiang, Bo-Yang Yu, Ji-Hua Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Experimental and Molecular Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-018-0175-1