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Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Cancer

Stefanie Zanssen, Eric A. Schon

PLoS Medicine · 2005 · 48 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

One can no longer ignore mitochondria in cancer biology, argue Zanssen and Schon.

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