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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “MED13”

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BRCA1 Function Mediates a TRAP/DRIP Complex Through Direct Interaction With TRAP220

Osamu Wada, Hajime Oishi, Ichiro Takada, Junn Yanagisawa et al.
Oncogene · published October 2003 · cited 29 times by other papers

Retracted Jun 21, 2004

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