A tumor suppressor activity of Drosophila Polycomb genes mediated by JAK-STAT signaling
10.1038/ng.445
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Classen, A.-K., Bunker, B. D., Harvey, K. F., Vaccari, T., & Bilder, D. (2009). A tumor suppressor activity of Drosophila Polycomb genes mediated by JAK-STAT signaling. Nature Genetics, 41(10), 1150–1155.

Authors 5
  1. Anne-Kathrin Classen (first)
  2. Brandon D Bunker (additional)
  3. Kieran F Harvey (additional)
  4. Thomas Vaccari (additional)
  5. David Bilder (additional)
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@article{Classen_2009, title={A tumor suppressor activity of Drosophila Polycomb genes mediated by JAK-STAT signaling}, volume={41}, ISSN={1546-1718}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.445}, DOI={10.1038/ng.445}, number={10}, journal={Nature Genetics}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Classen, Anne-Kathrin and Bunker, Brandon D and Harvey, Kieran F and Vaccari, Thomas and Bilder, David}, year={2009}, month=sep, pages={1150–1155} }