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Yu-Mi Kim1, Eun-Cheol Lee2, Han-Moi Lim3

  • 1Department of Medical Biotechnology (BK21 Plus Team), Dongguk University, Goyang-si 10326, Korea. kjmtik@nate.com.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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melanogenesisp-ERK signaling pathwaypigmentationzebrafish

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