Functional genomics reveal that the serine synthesis pathway is essential in breast cancer.

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Published in Nature on August 18, 2011

Authors

Richard Possemato1, Kevin M Marks, Yoav D Shaul, Michael E Pacold, Dohoon Kim, Kıvanç Birsoy, Shalini Sethumadhavan, Hin-Koon Woo, Hyun G Jang, Abhishek K Jha, Walter W Chen, Francesca G Barrett, Nicolas Stransky, Zhi-Yang Tsun, Glenn S Cowley, Jordi Barretina, Nada Y Kalaany, Peggy P Hsu, Kathleen Ottina, Albert M Chan, Bingbing Yuan, Levi A Garraway, David E Root, Mari Mino-Kenudson, Elena F Brachtel, Edward M Driggers, David M Sabatini

Author Affiliations

1: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Nine Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.

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