Mechanism of taxol-induced apoptosis in human breast cancer cells
β Scribed by Lirong Chen; Shu Zheng; MC Willingham; Weimin Fan
- Publisher
- Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 334 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1000-9604
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