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Alston-Mills, B., Hepler, C.D., Sternhagen, L. et al. α-lactalbumin as a modulator of mammary cellular activity. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 34, 747–750 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-998-0026-9
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