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Wikipedia still cites a retracted paper on “Mir-661 microRNA precursor family”
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Stimulation of Inducible Nitric Oxide by Hepatitis B Virus Transactivator Protein HBx Requires MTA1 Coregulator
Tri M Bui-Nguyen, Suresh B Pakala, Divijendranatha Reddy Sirigiri, Emil Martin et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry · published December 2009 · cited 37 times by other papers
Retracted Mar 17, 2017
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Where Wikipedia cites it
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