Validation of the p21-activated kinases as targets for inhibition in neurofibromatosis type 2.

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Published in Cancer Res on October 01, 2008

Authors

Chunling Yi1, Erik W Wilker, Michael B Yaffe, Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov, Joseph L Kissil

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1: Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

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