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Open AccessSeasonal variability of ocean circulation near the Dotson Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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Correction: The Rho/ROCK pathway for lysophosphatidic acid-induced proteolytic enzyme expression and ovarian cancer cell invasion
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Correction: RCP induces Slug expression and cancer cell invasion by stabilizing β1 integrin
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RCP induces Slug expression and cancer cell invasion by stabilizing β1 integrin
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The Rho/ROCK pathway for lysophosphatidic acid-induced proteolytic enzyme expression and ovarian cancer cell invasion
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a biolipid that has diverse biological activities implicated in ovarian cancer initiation and progression. Previous studies have shown the critical role of the Rho/Rho-associated...
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Reliability-based topology optimization based on bidirectional evolutionary structural optimization using multi-objective sensitivity numbers
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A DsRed fluorescent protein marker under polyubiquitin promoter regulation allows visual and amplified gene detection of transgenic Caribbean fruit flies in field traps
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