Functional analysis of Drosophila developmental genes instrumental in tumor suppression

In Vivo

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-216

  Gateff, Elisabeth ^a   Wismar, Jasmine ^a   Habtemichael, Negusse ^a   Löffler, Thomas ^a   Dreschers, Stephan ^a   Kaiser, Sibylle ^b   Protin, Ursula ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c Bender and Co GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Function; Homology; Tumor suppressor genes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030047536     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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