Cancer - A matter of life and cell death

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 709-711

  Evan, Gerard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC;

EID: 0030927393     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970529)71:5<709::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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