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  1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Shriners Pediatric Research Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, 3500 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA

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    Sangdun Choi

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Gallo, G. (2018). ACT. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101971

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