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Obacunone activates the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant responses

  • Shengmei Xu 1 ,
  • Weimin Chen 1 ,
  • Qingfeng Xie 1 ,
  • Yang Xu , 1,2
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  • 1. Center for Regenerative and Translational Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • 2. Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

Published date: 27 Sep 2016

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2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and journal.hep.com.cn

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Shengmei Xu , Weimin Chen , Qingfeng Xie , Yang Xu . Obacunone activates the Nrf2-dependent antioxidant responses[J]. Protein & Cell, 2016 , 7(9) : 684 -688 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-016-0297-y

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