BMI‑1, a promising therapeutic target for human cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Min‑Cong Wang
- Chun‑Li Li
- Jie Cui
- Min Jiao
- Tao Wu
- Li Jing
- Ke‑Jun Nan
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Affiliations: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China - Published online on: June 11, 2015 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2015.3361
- Pages: 583-588
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