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On a possible epigenetic mechanism(s) of tumor cell heterogeneity

The role of DNA methylation

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  1. Department of Medicine, Long Beach VAH, Irvine, USA

    Philip Frost

  2. Department of Medicine, California College of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Philip Frost

  3. Department of Microbiology, California College of Medicine, Irvine, California, USA

    Philip Frost

  4. Cancer Research Division, Department of Pathology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Robert S. Kerbel

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Frost, P., Kerbel, R.S. On a possible epigenetic mechanism(s) of tumor cell heterogeneity. Cancer Metast Rev 2, 375–378 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00048568

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