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Research progress concerning m6A methylation and cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Yang Zhou
- Jie Yang
- Zheng Tian
- Jing Zeng
- Weigan Shen
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Affiliations: Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225000, P.R. China - Published online on: September 10, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2021.13036
- Article Number: 775
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Copyright: © Zhou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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