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Original Article

Polymorphisms of the TGF-β1 Promoter in Tight Skin (TSK) Mice

Hong Zhu Department of Microbiology, Box, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, 10029, New York, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Constantin Bona Department of Microbiology, Box, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, 10029, New York, NY, USA
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Tracy L. McGaha Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, NY, New York, USA
Pages 51-55 | Received 13 Aug 2003, Accepted 11 Sep 2003, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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