Cloning the sigma2 receptor: Wandering 40 years to find an identity
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Cloning the sigma2 receptor: Wandering 40 years to find an identity
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Conflict of interest statement: G.W.P. declares no conflict of interest. F.J.K. is cofounder of Context Therapeutics.
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Identification of the gene that codes for the σ2 receptor.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 Jul 3;114(27):7160-7165. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705154114. Epub 2017 May 30. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017. PMID: 28559337 Free PMC article.
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