Inhibition of FTO suppresses the proliferation of sCLc in a YTHDF2-dependent manner
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ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens
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Huasong Lu
PROVIDER: PXD071244 | iProX | Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 GMT 2025
REPOSITORIES: iProX
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