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Alternative Splicing Regulation: Structural and Biophysical Studies

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Mourão, A., Sattler, M. (2019). Alternative Splicing Regulation: Structural and Biophysical Studies. In: Roberts, G., Watts, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Biophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35943-9_446-1

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