Inactivation of TIF1gamma cooperates with Kras to induce cystic tumors of the pancreas.

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Published in PLoS Genet on July 24, 2009

Authors

David F Vincent1, Kai-Ping Yan, Isabelle Treilleux, Fabien Gay, Vanessa Arfi, Bastien Kaniewski, Bastien Kaniewsky, Julien C Marie, Florian Lepinasse, Sylvie Martel, Sophie Goddard-Leon, Juan L Iovanna, Pierre Dubus, Stéphane Garcia, Alain Puisieux, Ruth Rimokh, Nabeel Bardeesy, Jean-Yves Scoazec, Régine Losson, Laurent Bartholin

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1: INSERM, U590, IFR62, Lyon, France.

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