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. 1993 Jul;143(1):3–9.

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 knockout mice. A mutation in one cytokine gene causes a dramatic inflammatory disease.

A B Kulkarni 1, S Karlsson 1
PMCID: PMC1886965  PMID: 8317552

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