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    Riko Nishimura, Kenji Hata, Fumiyo Ikeda, Fumitaka Ichida, Atsuko Shimoyama, Takuma Matsubara, Masahiro Wada, Katsuhiko Amano & Toshiyuki Yoneda

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Nishimura, R., Hata, K., Ikeda, F. et al. Signal transduction and transcriptional regulation during mesenchymal cell differentiation. J Bone Miner Metab 26, 203–212 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-007-0824-2

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