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  1. Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King’s College London, New Hunt’s House, Guy’s Campus, SE1 1UL, London, UK

    Dr. Nicolas Reymond & Prof. Anne J. Ridley (Professor of Cell Biology)

  2. Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, E-37007, Salamanca, Spain

    Dr. Francisco M. Vega

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Reymond, N., Vega, F.M., Ridley, A.J. (2012). RhoC (RHOC). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0461-4_59

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