Control of cell growth by c-Myc in the absence of cell division

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 1255-1258

  Schuhmacher, Marino ^a   Staege, Martin S ^a   Pajic, Alexander ^a   Polack, Axel ^a   Weidle, Ulrich H ^b   Bornkamm, Georg W ^a   Eick, Dirk ^a   Kohlhuber, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROCHE INNOVATION CENTER MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0033523928     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80507-7     Document Type: Article

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