The impact of mitotic errors on cell proliferation and tumorigenesis

Michelle S Levine1, Andrew J Holland1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Genes & Development
|May 27, 2018
PubMed

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