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A quantum leap in our knowledge of breast cancer mutations

verfasst von: Carlos Caldas, Paul AW Edwards

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Ausgabe 6/2006

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Last month our knowledge of genes mutated in breast cancer took a quantum leap, with the publication in the journal Science of the first results of a screen for mutations in the coding sequences of 13,000 genes in human breast cancer samples [1]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
A quantum leap in our knowledge of breast cancer mutations
verfasst von
Carlos Caldas
Paul AW Edwards
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2006
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe 6/2006
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr1624

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