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Growth factor regulatory system: a new system for not truly recognized organisms

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X.F. acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81830064 and 81721092) and the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC1103300). J.X. acknowledges financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81722028 and 81972150). X.L. acknowledges the financial support from the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFA0506000).

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Xiao, J., Lin, Z., Qin, H. et al. Growth factor regulatory system: a new system for not truly recognized organisms. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 443–446 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-019-1590-x

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