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  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1101 E. Marshall Street, Box 980614, Richmond, VA, 23298-0614, USA

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Shim, H., Chen, CK. (2018). G Protein Alpha Transducin. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_587

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