Identification of ALK in Thinness

@article{Orthofer2020IdentificationOA,
  title={Identification of ALK in Thinness},
  author={Michael Orthofer and Armand Valsesia and Reedik M{\"a}gi and Qiao-Ping Wang and Evgenii O. Tretiakov and Josef M. Penninger},
  journal={Cell},
  year={2020},
  volume={181},
  pages={1246-1262.e22}
}
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