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Solano, A.R., Cardoso, F.C., Mele, P.G., Podesta, E.J. (2018). BRCA1 and BRCA2. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101898
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