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Integrin Alpha 4 (Itga 4)

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Mittelbrunn, M., Sánchez-Madrid, F. (2018). Integrin Alpha 4 (Itga 4). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_143

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