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Yvonne Giesecke1, Vahid Asimi1, Valentina Stulberg2

  • 1Tumor Targeting Group, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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PubMed

Keywords:
GPCRGPR83PENorphan receptorpeptideproSAAS

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