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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 31, Issue 13, Pages 3775-3781Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg624
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- NIBIB NIH HHS [R21-EB000990-01, R21 EB000990] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS045207, R01-NS045207-01] Funding Source: Medline
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