Genetic Background Controls Tumor Development in Pten-Deficient Mice
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Genetic background controls tumor development in PTEN-deficient mice.
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0008-5472,1538-7445
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-4143