Fez1/Lzts1 a new mitotic regulator implicated in cancer development

Cell Division

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vecchione, Andrea ^a,b   Croce, Carlo M ^a   Baldassarre, Gustavo ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

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EID: 36148955503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17471028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-2-24     Document Type: Review

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