Cancer Letters
Volume 241, Issue 1 , Pages 79-86 , 8 September 2006

TEL/ARG induces cytoskeletal abnormalities in 293T cells

  • Chiara Palmi

      Affiliations

    • Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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  • Grazia Fazio

      Affiliations

    • Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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  • Arianna Cassetti

      Affiliations

    • Consorzio M.I.A., Università di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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  • Alessandra Aloisi

      Affiliations

    • Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
    • Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
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  • Antonello Villa

      Affiliations

    • Consorzio M.I.A., Università di Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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  • Andrea Biondi

      Affiliations

    • Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
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  • Giovanni Cazzaniga

      Affiliations

    • Centro Ricerca Tettamanti, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 039 233 2232/3661; fax: +39 039 233.2167.

Received 12 August 2005 ,Revised 4 October 2005 ,Accepted 7 October 2005.

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PII: S0304-3835(05)00911-0

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.017

Cancer Letters
Volume 241, Issue 1 , Pages 79-86 , 8 September 2006