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Apoptosis-Inducing Factor 1, Mitochondrial

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Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF); Programmed cell death protein 8 (PDCD8)

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We thank Luis Martinez Lostao (University of Zaragoza) for helping us with the graphical illustration in Figure 1.

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    Patricia Ferreira, Raquel Villanueva, Marta Martínez-Júlvez & Milagros Medina

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Ferreira, P., Villanueva, R., Martínez-Júlvez, M., Medina, M. (2016). Apoptosis-Inducing Factor 1, Mitochondrial. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101522-1

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