Anticancer drugs: Unleashing p53
โ Scribed by Kirkpatrick, Peter
- Book ID
- 109949429
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1474-1776
- DOI
- 10.1038/nrd1313
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