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USP7 (Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 7)

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Financially supported by grants from CSIR, India (EMPOWER-OLP-002, MEDCHEM-BSC0108 & CSIR-MAYO: MLP-0017), and DST Nano Mission program (SR/NM/NS-1058/2015) to Dr. Mrinal K Ghosh.

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Basu, B., Bhattacharya, S., Saha, G., Ghosh, M.K. (2018). USP7 (Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 7). In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_101812

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