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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jun Wang, Georgia E. Hodes, Hongxing Zhang, Song Zhang, Wei Zhao, Sam A. Golden, Weina Bi, Caroline Menard, Veronika Kana, Marylene Leboeuf, Marc Xie, Dana Bregman, Madeline L. Pfau, Meghan E. Flanigan, Adelaida Esteban-Fernández, Shrishailam Yemul, Ali Sharma, Lap Ho, Richard Dixon, Miriam Merad, Ming-Hu Han, Scott J. Russo, Giulio M. Pasinetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02794-5