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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Rd, 4-403 BSB, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Jennifer Boylston & Charles Brenner

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Boylston, J., Brenner, C. (2018). FHIT. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_68

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