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De Aguilar, JL.G. (2016). Ras-Related Associated with Diabetes. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6438-9_294-1

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