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  1. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, 40202, Louisville, KY, USA

    Brian P. Ceresa, Julie A. Gosney, Nicole M. Jackson & Jamie S. Rush

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Ceresa, B.P., Gosney, J.A., Jackson, N.M., Rush, J.S. (2018). Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101589

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