Drosophila piwi Mutants exhibit germline stem cell tumors that are sustained by elevated Dpp signaling

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1442-1448

  Jin, Zhigang ^a   Flynt, Alex S ^a   Lai, Eric C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84881313520     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.06.021     Document Type: Article

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