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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “RAP1GAP2”

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p2y5/LPA(6) attenuates LPA(1)-mediated VE-cadherin translocation and cell-cell dissociation through G(12/13) protein-Src-Rap1

Takao Kimura, Chihiro Mogi, Koichi Sato, Hideaki Tomura et al.
Cardiovascular Research · published June 2011 · cited 5 times by other papers

Retracted Mar 19, 2012

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