Histone crotonylation in tumors (Review)
- Authors:
- Xiaoqing Wang
- Yu Qu
- Zhaopei Li
- Qinghua Xia
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Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250022, P.R. China, Department of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China, 6Department of Urology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong 250021, P.R. China - Published online on: March 11, 2025 https://doi.org/10.3892/mco.2025.2834
- Article Number: 39
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Copyright: © Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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