Microproteins: from behind the scenes to the spotlight

Meiqian Jiang1, Huiqiang Lou1, Wenya Hou1
1Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability & Disease Prevention, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, 518060, China

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