Mitf regulation of Dia1 controls melanoma proliferation and invasiveness.

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Published in Genes Dev on December 15, 2006

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Suzanne Carreira1, Jane Goodall, Laurence Denat, Mercedes Rodriguez, Paolo Nuciforo, Keith S Hoek, Alessandro Testori, Lionel Larue, Colin R Goding

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1: Signalling and Development Laboratory, Marie Curie Research Institute, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 0TL, United Kingdom.

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