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The 5′ noncoding region of the mouse involucrin gene: comparison with the human gene and genes encoding other cornified envelope precursors

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Gandarillas, A., Watt, F.M. The 5′ noncoding region of the mouse involucrin gene: comparison with the human gene and genes encoding other cornified envelope precursors. Mammalian Genome 6, 680–682 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00352383

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