"SEGRAs" and beyond.

Mol Cell Endocrinol

Institute of Toxicology and Genetics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: November 2013

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