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Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 (pla2G4A)

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  1. Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy

    Luca Colucci-D’Amato & Maria Teresa Gentile

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Colucci-D’Amato, L., Gentile, M.T. (2016). Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 (pla2G4A). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101616-1

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