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. 2009 Jul;1(1):a000026.
doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a000026.

Discovering NF-kappaB

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Discovering NF-kappaB

David Baltimore. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2009 Jul.

Abstract

David Baltimore recalls the experiments that led to the discovery of the NF-kappaB transcription factor more than 20 years ago.

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