DNA instability at chromosomal fragile sites in cancer.

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Published in Curr Genomics on August 01, 2010

Authors

Laura W Dillon1, Allison A Burrow, Yuh-Hwa Wang

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1016, USA.

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