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  1. Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia and SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Heidi Neubauer & Stuart Pitson

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Heidi Neubauer & Stuart Pitson

  3. School of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Stuart Pitson

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    Sangdun Choi

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Neubauer, H., Pitson, S. (2018). Sphingosine Kinase 2 (SPHK2). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101836

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