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    Yamato Kikkawa

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    Hiroshi Nishimune

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Kikkawa, Y., Nishimune, H. (2018). Laminin β2. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101519

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