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. 2010 Jun 4;1(5):417–418. doi: 10.1007/s13238-010-0063-5

Repurposing an old anti-fungal drug as a Hedgehog inhibitor

Camilla Giambelli 1, Dennis Liang Fei 2, Huaizhi Wang 3, David J Robbins 1,
PMCID: PMC4875140  PMID: 21203953

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These authors contributed equally to the work.

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