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  1. National Research Council, Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso Monterotondo scalo, Via E.Ramarini 32, Monterotondo scalo, 00015, Rome, Italy

    Fulvio Saccoccia

  2. Istituto Pasteur – Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, Istituto di Biologia e patologia Molecolare del CNR, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche “A. Rossi Fanelli”, Sapienza Università di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Bellelli

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Saccoccia, F., Bellelli, A. (2018). Thioredoxin Reductase. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101928

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