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Face off: a metabolic enzyme becomes a protein phosphatase

  • Gaoxiang Zhao 1 ,
  • Qian Lin 1 ,
  • Zhaoyuan Meng 1 ,
  • Xinlei Sheng 2 ,
  • Leina Ma , 1 ,
  • Yingming Zhao , 2
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  • 1. Department of Oncology, Qingdao Cancer Institute, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
  • 2. Ben May Department for Cancer Research, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
leinama@gmail.com
yingming.zhao@uchicago.edu

Accepted date: 18 Jan 2023

Published date: 15 Jul 2023

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Gaoxiang Zhao , Qian Lin , Zhaoyuan Meng , Xinlei Sheng , Leina Ma , Yingming Zhao . Face off: a metabolic enzyme becomes a protein phosphatase[J]. Protein & Cell, 2023 , 14(7) : 474 -476 . DOI: 10.1093/procel/pwad006

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