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Anne J Ridley1

  • 1Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Royal Free and University College School of Medicine, 91 Riding House Street, London W1W 7BS, UK. a.ridley@ludwig.ucl.ac.uk

Trends in Cell Biology
|September 5, 2006
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