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...Corina Guder; Sonia Pinho; Tanju G. Nacak; Heiko A. Schmidt; Bert Hobmayer; Christof Niehrs; Thomas W. Holstein The dickkopf ( dkk ) gene family encodes secreted antagonists of Wnt signalling proteins, which have important functions in the control of cell fate, proliferation, and cell polarity...

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