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Laura Pérez-Campos Mayoral1, María Teresa Hernández-Huerta2, Dulce Papy-García3

  • 1Centro de Investigación Facultad de Medicina UNAM-UABJO, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, 68020, México.

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
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PubMed

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