Small players with big roles: microRNAs as targets to inhibit breast cancer progression.

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Published in Curr Drug Targets on September 01, 2010

Authors

Stephanie B Greene1, Jason I Herschkowitz, Jeffrey M Rosen

Author Affiliations

1: Program in Developmental Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. green@ibt.famhsc.edu

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