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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2015R1A2A2A09001059).

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Shah, M., Choi, S. (2018). Interferon Regulatory Factor. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101496

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