Cancer Letters
Volume 262, Issue 1 , Pages 133-142 , 8 April 2008

N-Myc down-regulated gene 1 mediates proliferation, invasion, and apoptosis of hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Received 17 October 2007 ,Revised 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 3 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.12.010

Cancer Letters
Volume 262, Issue 1 , Pages 133-142 , 8 April 2008

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