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Goad, D.L., Grillo, M.A., Koulen, P. (2012). Polycystin-2. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0461-4_345

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