Cytotoxicity of Simvastatin to Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Cells Containing MutantrasGene
β Scribed by Ura, Hitoshi ;Obara, Takeshi ;Nishino, Noriyuki ;Tanno, Satoshi ;Okamura, Kiyoshi ;Namiki, Masayoshi
- Book ID
- 108580853
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-5050
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