Transfer RNA Fragments in the Kidney in Hypertension.
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SUBMITTER: Pan X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370717 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
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Transfer RNA Fragments in the Kidney in Hypertension.
Pan Xiaoqing X Geng Xuemei X Liu Yong Y Yu Mengqian M Mishra Manoj K MK Xu Xialian X Ding Xiaoqiang X Liu Pengyuan P Liang Mingyu M
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20210329 5
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