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How erastin assassinates cells by ferroptosis revealed

  • Boyi Gan
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  • Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
bgan@mdanderson.org

Accepted date: 26 Apr 2022

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2022 The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Higher Education Press.

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Boyi Gan . How erastin assassinates cells by ferroptosis revealed[J]. Protein & Cell, 2023 , 14(2) : 84 -86 . DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwac007

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