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Multipotent PI-MECs are the true targets of MMTV-neu tumorigenesis

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  1. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA,

    K-U Wagner

  2. Clemson University, Clemson, NC, USA,

    B W Booth

  3. Mammary Biology and Tumorigenesis Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    C A Boulanger & G H Smith

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Wagner, KU., Booth, B., Boulanger, C. et al. Multipotent PI-MECs are the true targets of MMTV-neu tumorigenesis. Oncogene 32, 1338 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2012.452

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