Multiple Functions of BCL-2 Family Proteins
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The bcl-2 family of proteins.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1943-0264
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008722