The polycomb group protein EZH2 is involved in progression of prostate cancer.

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Published in Nature on October 10, 2002

Authors

Sooryanarayana Varambally1, Saravana M Dhanasekaran, Ming Zhou, Terrence R Barrette, Chandan Kumar-Sinha, Martin G Sanda, Debashis Ghosh, Kenneth J Pienta, Richard G A B Sewalt, Arie P Otte, Mark A Rubin, Arul M Chinnaiyan

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1: Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.

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