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journal_name
Mol Pharmacoljournal_title
Molecular pharmacologyauthors
Long WP,Pray-Grant M,Tsai JC,Perdew GHdoi
10.1124/mol.53.4.691subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-04-01 00:00:00pages
691-700issue
4eissn
0026-895Xissn
1521-0111journal_volume
53pub_type
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