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Protein-protein interaction assays: eliminating false positive interactions

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This work was supported by Public Health Service grant GM55235 from the US National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

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Nguyen, T., Goodrich, J. Protein-protein interaction assays: eliminating false positive interactions. Nat Methods 3, 135–139 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0206-135

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