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Jackson, D.A., Misurelli, J.A., Elsawa, S.F. (2017). GLI Family Zinc Finger 2. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_101917-1

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