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van der Westhuizen, E.T., Halls, M.L., Summers, R.J. (2012). Relaxin Family Peptide Receptors (RXFP) 3 and 4. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0461-4_583
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