Antagonistic Regulation of Apoptosis and Differentiation by the Cut Transcription Factor Represents a Tumor-Suppressing Mechanism in Drosophila
Tags: APOPTOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION factors; CANCER cells; CELL differentiation; DROSOPHILA
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