Membrane Lipid Remodeling Takes Center Stage in Growth Factor Receptor-Driven Cancer Development

Johannes V Swinnen1, Jonas Dehairs1, Ali Talebi1

  • 1Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, LKI - Leuven Cancer Institute, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

Cell Metabolism
|September 5, 2019
PubMed

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