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Jiehui Di, Guang Zhao, Hui Wang, Yaoyao Wu, Zhongjun Zhao, Bao Zhu, Yanping Zhang, Junnian Zheng, Yong Liu, Ying Hu. A p53/CPEB2 negative feedback loop regulates renal cancer cell proliferation and migration. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2021 July, 48（7），P606-617(Co-corresponding author) 

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