Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 1998 - 2003
  • Ph.D., Columbia University 1998
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Professor in Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2017 - 2018
  • Associate Professor in Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2013 - 2017
  • Associate Professor of Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2013 - 2017
  • Assistant Professor in Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Basic Science Departments 2004 - 2013
  • Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2010 - 2013
  • Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments 2003 - 2010
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 9, 2016

    Duke Brain Researchers Receive Award From Keck Foundation

  • MAR 30, 2016

    Fan Wang wins Brain Research Foundation award

  • JAN 6, 2015

    Researchers Map Direct Gut-Brain Connection

  • NOV 24, 2014

    Five Faculty Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • JUN 3, 2014

    Complex Neural Circuitry Keeps You From Biting Your Tongue

  • OCT 16, 2013

    Glowing Neurons Reveal Networked Link Between Brain, Whiskers
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  Awards & Honors

  • AAAS Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2014
  • Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2004
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Cortical Signature and Modulation of Pain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • Pre-motor Neural Circuits for Exploratory Movement awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2023
  • Using Genetic Tools to Dissect Neural Circuits for Social Communication awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2023
  • Identifying neurons and circuits mediating anesthesia-induced unconsciousness awarded by International Human Frontier Science Program Organization 2018 - 2021
  • A fully biological platform for monitoring mesoscale neural activity awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
  • Separate channels of tactile information in the somatosensory system awarded by US-Israel Binational Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
  • Gut-Brain Neurocircuit Modulating Eating Behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2019
  • Taking DISCO Live: Dual pathway Imaging of Striatal Circuit Output in vivo awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
  • Unraveling the neural gate to consciousness awarded by W.M. Keck Foundation 2016 - 2019
  • Toward causal neuroscience: capture and manipulate emergent neuronal ensembles awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
  • Functions of distinct trigeminal brainstem projection pathways in tactile behavior awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2019
  • A novel paradigm to dissect the function connectivity in Shank3 autism model awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
  • Unravel the Neuronal Pathways Underlying Anesthesia-Induced Loss of Consciousness awarded by Brain Research Foundation 2016 - 2018
  • Understanding Sleep Disturbance in Alzheimer's Disease awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation 2017 - 2018
  • Generating Multiple Circuit and Neuron Type Specific AAV Vectors With Cross-Species Applicability awarded by Boston Children's Hospital 2015 - 2018
  • Functional Characterization of Parabrachial Circuits Processing Noxious Thermal Pain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
  • Determining Functions of a Brainstem Pre-motor Module In Masticatory Jaw Movement awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2016
  • Control of trigeminal touch sensory circuit assembly awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2016
  • Genetically encoded anatomical probes for neuronal activity and plasticity awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2014
  • Trigeminal mechanisms underlie distinct orofacial pain awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2011
  • The Role of transcription factor Sox2 in the homeostasis of the adult esophagus awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • Lu, J, Li, C, Singh-Alvarado, J, Zhou, ZC, Fröhlich, F, Mooney, R, and Wang, F. "MIN1PIPE: A Miniscope 1-Photon-Based Calcium Imaging Signal Extraction Pipeline." Cell Reports 23, no. 12 (June 2018): 3673-3684.  Full Text
    • Rodriguez, E, Sakurai, K, Xu, J, Chen, Y, Toda, K, Zhao, S, Han, B-X, Ryu, D, Yin, H, Liedtke, W, and Wang, F. "Publisher Correction: A craniofacial-specific monosynaptic circuit enables heightened affective pain." Nature Neuroscience 21, no. 6 (June 2018): 896-null.  Full Text
    • McElvain, LE, Friedman, B, Karten, HJ, Svoboda, K, Wang, F, Deschênes, M, and Kleinfeld, D. "Circuits in the rodent brainstem that control whisking in concert with other orofacial motor actions." Neuroscience 368 (January 2018): 152-170. (Review)  Full Text
    • Takatoh, J, Prevosto, V, and Wang, F. "Vibrissa sensory neurons: Linking distinct morphology to specific physiology and function." Neuroscience 368 (January 2018): 109-114. (Review)  Full Text
    • Rodriguez, E, Sakurai, K, Xu, J, Chen, Y, Toda, K, Zhao, S, Han, B-X, Ryu, D, Yin, H, Liedtke, W, and Wang, F. "A craniofacial-specific monosynaptic circuit enables heightened affective pain." Nature neuroscience 20, no. 12 (December 2017): 1734-1743.  Full Text
    • Bellavance, MA, Takatoh, J, Lu, J, Demers, M, Kleinfeld, D, Wang, F, and Deschênes, M. "Correction: Parallel Inhibitory and Excitatory Trigemino-Facial Feedback Circuitry for Reflexive Vibrissa Movement (Neuron (2017) 95(3) (673–682.e4) (S0896627317305974)(10.1016/j.neuron.2017.06.045))." Neuron 95, no. 3 (August 2, 2017): 722-723.  Full Text
    • Bellavance, M-A, Takatoh, J, Lu, J, Demers, M, Kleinfeld, D, Wang, F, and Deschênes, M. "Parallel Inhibitory and Excitatory Trigemino-Facial Feedback Circuitry for Reflexive Vibrissa Movement." Neuron 95, no. 3 (August 2017): 673-682.e4.  Full Text
    • Sakurai, K, Zhao, S, Takatoh, J, Rodriguez, E, Lu, J, Leavitt, AD, Fu, M, Han, B-X, and Wang, F. "Capturing and Manipulating Activated Neuronal Ensembles with CANE Delineates a Hypothalamic Social-Fear Circuit." Neuron 92, no. 4 (November 2016): 739-753.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Stanek, E, Rodriguez, E, Zhao, S, Han, B-X, and Wang, F. "Supratrigeminal Bilaterally Projecting Neurons Maintain Basal Tone and Enable Bilateral Phasic Activation of Jaw-Closing Muscles." The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 36, no. 29 (July 2016): 7663-7675.  Full Text
    • Wang, X, Bey, AL, Katz, BM, Badea, A, Kim, N, David, LK, Duffney, LJ, Kumar, S, Mague, SD, Hulbert, SW, Dutta, N, Hayrapetyan, V, Yu, C, Gaidis, E, Zhao, S, Ding, J-D, Xu, Q, Chung, L, Rodriguiz, RM, Wang, F, Weinberg, RJ, Wetsel, WC, Dzirasa, K, Yin, H, and Jiang, Y-H. "Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism." Nature Communications 7 (May 10, 2016): 11459-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Deschênes, M, Takatoh, J, Kurnikova, A, Moore, JD, Demers, M, Elbaz, M, Furuta, T, Wang, F, and Kleinfeld, D. "Inhibition, Not Excitation, Drives Rhythmic Whisking." Neuron 90, no. 2 (April 2016): 374-387.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Xu, Z-Z, Kim, YH, Bang, S, Zhang, Y, Berta, T, Wang, F, Oh, SB, and Ji, R-R. "Inhibition of mechanical allodynia in neuropathic pain by TLR5-mediated A-fiber blockade." Nature Medicine 21, no. 11 (November 2015): 1326-1331.  Full Text
    • Zhang, Y, Zhao, S, Rodriguez, E, Takatoh, J, Han, B-X, Zhou, X, and Wang, F. "Identifying local and descending inputs for primary sensory neurons." The Journal of Clinical Investigation 125, no. 10 (October 2015): 3782-3794.  Full Text
    • Kim, IH, Rossi, MA, Aryal, DK, Racz, B, Kim, N, Uezu, A, Wang, F, Wetsel, WC, Weinberg, RJ, Yin, H, and Soderling, SH. "Spine pruning drives antipsychotic-sensitive locomotion via circuit control of striatal dopamine." Nature Neuroscience 18, no. 6 (June 2015): 883-891.  Full Text
    • Zhang, Y, Chen, Y, Liedtke, W, and Wang, F. "Lack of evidence for ectopic sprouting of genetically labeled Aβ touch afferents in inflammatory and neuropathic trigeminal pain." Molecular Pain 11 (April 10, 2015): 18-null.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Matthews, DW, Deschênes, M, Furuta, T, Moore, JD, Wang, F, Karten, HJ, and Kleinfeld, D. "Feedback in the brainstem: an excitatory disynaptic pathway for control of whisking." The Journal of comparative neurology 523, no. 6 (April 2015): 921-942.  Full Text
    • Bohorquez, DV, Shahid, RA, Erdmann, A, Kreger, AM, Wang, Y, Calakos, N, Wang, F, and Liddle, RA. "Neuroepithelial circuit formed by innervation of sensory enteroendocrine cells." JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION 125, no. 2 (February 2015): 782-786.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Bohórquez, DV, Shahid, RA, Erdmann, A, Kreger, AM, Wang, Y, Calakos, N, Wang, F, and Liddle, RA. "Neuroepithelial circuit formed by innervation of sensory enteroendocrine cells." J Clin Invest 125, no. 2 (February 2015): 782-786.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Bráz, JM, Wang, F, and Basbaum, AI. "Presynaptic Inputs to Any CNS Projection Neuron Identified by Dual Recombinant Virus Infection." PloS one 10, no. 10 (January 2015): e0140681-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Chen, Y, Kanju, P, Fang, Q, Lee, SH, Parekh, PK, Lee, W, Moore, C, Brenner, D, Gereau, RW, Wang, F, and Liedtke, W. "TRPV4 is necessary for trigeminal irritant pain and functions as a cellular formalin receptor." Pain 155, no. 12 (December 2014): 2662-2672.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Neufeld, SJ, Wang, F, and Cobb, J. "Genetic interactions between Shox2 and Hox genes during the regional growth and development of the mouse limb." Genetics 198, no. 3 (November 2014): 1117-1126.  Full Text
    • Halassa, MM, Chen, Z, Wimmer, RD, Brunetti, PM, Zhao, S, Zikopoulos, B, Wang, F, Brown, EN, and Wilson, MA. "State-dependent architecture of thalamic reticular subnetworks." Cell 158, no. 4 (August 2014): 808-821.  Full Text
    • Moore, JD, Kleinfeld, D, and Wang, F. "How the brainstem controls orofacial behaviors comprised of rhythmic actions." Trends in Neurosciences 37, no. 7 (July 2014): 370-380. (Review)  Full Text
    • Kleinfeld, D, Deschênes, M, Wang, F, and Moore, JD. "More than a rhythm of life: breathing as a binder of orofacial sensation." Nature neuroscience 17, no. 5 (May 2014): 647-651. (Review)  Full Text
    • Stanek, E, Cheng, S, Takatoh, J, Han, B-X, and Wang, F. "Monosynaptic premotor circuit tracing reveals neural substrates for oro-motor coordination." Elife 3 (April 30, 2014): e02511-null.  Full Text
    • Kleinfeld, D, Moore, JD, Wang, F, and Deschênes, M. "The Brainstem Oscillator for Whisking and the Case for Breathing as the Master Clock for Orofacial Motor Actions." Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 79 (January 2014): 29-39.  Full Text
    • Moore, JD, Kleinfeld, D, and Wang, F. "How the brainstem controls orofacial behaviors comprised of rhythmic actions." Trends in Neurosciences 37, no. 7 (January 1, 2014): 370-380. (Review)  Full Text
    • Sakurai, K, Akiyama, M, Cai, B, Scott, A, Han, B-X, Takatoh, J, Sigrist, M, Arber, S, and Wang, F. "The organization of submodality-specific touch afferent inputs in the vibrissa column." Cell Rep 5, no. 1 (October 17, 2013): 87-98.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Nelson, A, Schneider, DM, Takatoh, J, Sakurai, K, Wang, F, and Mooney, R. "A circuit for motor cortical modulation of auditory cortical activity." The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 33, no. 36 (September 2013): 14342-14353.  Full Text
    • Chen, Y, Williams, SH, McNulty, AL, Hong, JH, Lee, SH, Rothfusz, NE, Parekh, PK, Moore, C, Gereau, RW, Taylor, AB, Wang, F, Guilak, F, and Liedtke, W. "Temporomandibular joint pain: a critical role for Trpv4 in the trigeminal ganglion." Pain 154, no. 8 (August 2013): 1295-1304.  Full Text  Open Access Copy  Link to Item
    • Pagadala, P, Park, C-K, Bang, S, Xu, Z-Z, Xie, R-G, Liu, T, Han, B-X, Tracey, WD, Wang, F, and Ji, R-R. "Loss of NR1 subunit of NMDARs in primary sensory neurons leads to hyperexcitability and pain hypersensitivity: involvement of Ca(2+)-activated small conductance potassium channels." The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 33, no. 33 (August 2013): 13425-13430.  Full Text
    • Chen, Y, Williams, SH, McNulty, AL, Hong, JH, Lee, SH, Rothfusz, NE, Parekh, PK, Moore, C, IV, RWG, Taylor, AB, Wang, F, Guilak, F, and Liedtke, W. "Temporomandibular joint pain: A critical role for Trpv4 in the trigeminal ganglion." Pain 154, no. 8 (2013): 1295-1304.  Full Text
    • Devereaux, K, Dall'Armi, C, Alcazar-Roman, A, Ogasawara, Y, Zhou, X, Wang, F, Yamamoto, A, De Camilli, P, and Di Paolo, G. "Regulation of mammalian autophagy by class II and III PI 3-kinases through PI3P synthesis." Plos One 8, no. 10 (January 2013): e76405-null.  Full Text
    • Sakurai, K, Akiyama, M, Cai, B, Scott, A, Han, B-X, Takatoh, J, Sigrist, M, Arber, S, and Wang, F. "The Organization of Submodality-Specific Touch Afferent Inputs in the Vibrissa Column." Cell Reports 5, no. 1 (2013): 87-98.  Full Text
    • Takatoh, J, Nelson, A, Zhou, X, Bolton, MM, Ehlers, MD, Arenkiel, BR, Mooney, R, and Wang, F. "New modules are added to vibrissal premotor circuitry with the emergence of exploratory whisking." Neuron 77, no. 2 (January 2013): 346-360.  Full Text
    • Wang, F, and He, Z. "Axon Maintenance and Degeneration." Cellular Migration and Formation of Neuronal Connections (2013): 177-189.  Full Text
    • Liu, Y, Rutlin, M, Huang, S, Barrick, CA, Wang, F, Jones, KR, Tessarollo, L, and Ginty, DD. "Sexually Dimorphic BDNF Signaling Directs Sensory Innervation of the Mammary Gland." SCIENCE 338, no. 6112 (December 7, 2012): 1357-1360.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Chen, TR, Wang, P, Carroll, LK, Zhang, Y-J, Han, B-X, and Wang, F. "Generation and characterization of Tmeff2 mutant mice." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 425, no. 2 (August 24, 2012): 189-194.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Cho, H, Yang, YD, Lee, J, Lee, B, Kim, T, Jang, Y, Back, SK, Na, HS, Harfe, BD, Wang, F, Raouf, R, Wood, JN, and Oh, U. "The calcium-activated chloride channel anoctamin 1 acts as a heat sensor in nociceptive neurons." Nature Neuroscience 15, no. 7 (May 27, 2012): 1015-1021.  Full Text
    • Takatoh, J, and Wang, F. "Axonally translated SMADs link up BDNF and retrograde BMP signaling." Neuron 74, no. 1 (April 12, 2012): 3-5.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Klionsky, DJ, Abdalla, FC, Abeliovich, H, Abraham, RT, Acevedo-Arozena, A, Adeli, K, Agholme, L, Agnello, M, Agostinis, P, Aguirre-Ghiso, JA, Ahn, HJ, Ait-Mohamed, O, Ait-Si-Ali, S, Akematsu, T, Akira, S, Al-Younes, HM, Al-Zeer, MA, Albert, ML, Albin, RL, Alegre-Abarrategui, J, Aleo, MF, Alirezaei, M, Almasan, A, Almonte-Becerril, M, Amano, A, Amaravadi, R, Amarnath, S, Amer, AO, Andrieu-Abadie, N, Anantharam, V, Ann, DK, Anoopkumar-Dukie, S, Aoki, H, Apostolova, N, Arancia, G, Aris, JP, Asanuma, K, Asare, NYO, Ashida, H, Askanas, V, Askew, DS, Auberger, P, Baba, M, Backues, SK, Baehrecke, EH, Bahr, BA, Bai, X-Y, Bailly, Y, Baiocchi, R, Baldini, G, Balduini, W, Ballabio, A, Bamber, BA, Bampton, ETW, Bánhegyi, G, Bartholomew, CR, Bassham, DC, Bast, RC, Batoko, H, Bay, B-H, Beau, I, Béchet, DM, Begley, TJ, Behl, C, Behrends, C, Bekri, S, Bellaire, B, Bendall, LJ, Benetti, L, Berliocchi, L, Bernardi, H, Bernassola, F, Besteiro, S, Bhatia-Kissova, I, Bi, X, Biard-Piechaczyk, M, Blum, JS, Boise, LH, Bonaldo, P, Boone, DL, Bornhauser, BC, Bortoluci, KR, Bossis, I, Bost, F, Bourquin, J-P, Boya, P, Boyer-Guittaut, M, Bozhkov, PV, Brady, NR, Brancolini, C, Brech, A, Brenman, JE, Brennand, A, Bresnick, EH, Brest, P, Bridges, D, Bristol, ML, Brookes, PS, Brown, EJ, Brumell, JH, Brunetti-Pierri, N, Brunk, UT, Bulman, DE, Bultman, SJ, Bultynck, G, Burbulla, LF, Bursch, W, Butchar, JP, Buzgariu, W, Bydlowski, SP, Cadwell, K, Cahová, M, Cai, D, Cai, J, Cai, Q, Calabretta, B, Calvo-Garrido, J, Camougrand, N, Campanella, M, Campos-Salinas, J, Candi, E, Cao, L, Caplan, AB, Carding, SR, Cardoso, SM, Carew, JS, Carlin, CR, Carmignac, V, Carneiro, LAM, Carra, S, Caruso, RA, Casari, G, Casas, C, Castino, R, Cebollero, E, Cecconi, F, Celli, J, Chaachouay, H, Chae, H-J, Chai, C-Y, Chan, DC, Chan, EY, Chang, RC-C, Che, C-M, Chen, C-C, Chen, G-C, Chen, G-Q, Chen, M, Chen, Q, Chen, SS-L, Chen, W, Chen, X, Chen, X, Chen, X, Chen, Y-G, Chen, Y, Chen, Y, Chen, Y-J, Chen, Z, Cheng, A, Cheng, CHK, Cheng, Y, Cheong, H, Cheong, J-H, Cherry, S, Chess-Williams, R, Cheung, ZH, Chevet, E, Chiang, H-L, Chiarelli, R, Chiba, T, Chin, L-S, Chiou, S-H, Chisari, FV, Cho, CH, Cho, D-H, Choi, AMK, Choi, D, Choi, KS, Choi, ME, Chouaib, S, Choubey, D, Choubey, V, Chu, CT, Chuang, T-H, Chueh, S-H, Chun, T, Chwae, Y-J, Chye, M-L, Ciarcia, R, Ciriolo, MR, Clague, MJ, Clark, RSB, Clarke, PGH, Clarke, R, Codogno, P, Coller, HA, Colombo, MI, Comincini, S, Condello, M, Condorelli, F, Cookson, MR, Coombs, GH, Coppens, I, Corbalan, R, Cossart, P, Costelli, P, Costes, S, Coto-Montes, A, Couve, E, Coxon, FP, Cregg, JM, Crespo, JL, Cronjé, MJ, Cuervo, AM, Cullen, JJ, Czaja, MJ, D'Amelio, M, Darfeuille-Michaud, A, Davids, LM, Davies, FE, De Felici, M, de Groot, JF, de Haan, CAM, De Martino, L, De Milito, A, De Tata, V, Debnath, J, Degterev, A, Dehay, B, Delbridge, LMD, Demarchi, F, Deng, YZ, Dengjel, J, Dent, P, Denton, D, Deretic, V, Desai, SD, Devenish, RJ, Di Gioacchino, M, Di Paolo, G, Di Pietro, 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Fransen, M, Fuentes, JM, Fueyo, J, Fujii, J, Fujisaki, K, Fujita, E, Fukuda, M, Furukawa, RH, Gaestel, M, Gailly, P, Gajewska, M, Galliot, B, Galy, V, Ganesh, S, Ganetzky, B, Ganley, IG, Gao, F-B, Gao, GF, Gao, J, Garcia, L, Garcia-Manero, G, Garcia-Marcos, M, Garmyn, M, Gartel, AL, Gatti, E, Gautel, M, Gawriluk, TR, Gegg, ME, Geng, J, Germain, M, Gestwicki, JE, Gewirtz, DA, Ghavami, S, Ghosh, P, Giammarioli, AM, Giatromanolaki, AN, Gibson, SB, Gilkerson, RW, Ginger, ML, Ginsberg, HN, Golab, J, Goligorsky, MS, Golstein, P, Gomez-Manzano, C, Goncu, E, Gongora, C, Gonzalez, CD, Gonzalez, R, González-Estévez, C, González-Polo, RA, Gonzalez-Rey, E, Gorbunov, NV, Gorski, S, Goruppi, S, Gottlieb, RA, Gozuacik, D, Granato, GE, Grant, GD, Green, KN, Gregorc, A, Gros, F, Grose, C, Grunt, TW, Gual, P, Guan, J-L, Guan, K-L, Guichard, SM, Gukovskaya, AS, Gukovsky, I, Gunst, J, Gustafsson, AB, Halayko, AJ, Hale, AN, Halonen, SK, Hamasaki, M, Han, F, Han, T, Hancock, MK, Hansen, M, Harada, H, 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    • Minett, MS, Nassar, MA, Clark, AK, Passmore, G, Dickenson, AH, Wang, F, Malcangio, M, and Wood, JN. "Distinct Nav1.7-dependent pain sensations require different sets of sensory and sympathetic neurons." Nature Communications 3 (2012).  Full Text
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    • Wang, P, Chen, T, Sakurai, K, Han, B-X, He, Z, Feng, G, and Wang, F. "Intersectional Cre driver lines generated using split-intein mediated split-Cre reconstitution." Sci Rep 2 (2012): 497-.  Full Text  Link to Item
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