Increased expression and aberrant localization of mucin 13 in metastatic colon cancer

Brij K Gupta1, Diane M Maher, Mara C Ebeling

  • 1Cancer Biology Research Center, Sanford Research, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.

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