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Targeting the MYCN-MDM2 pathways for cancer therapy: Are they druggable? 靶向MYCN-MDM2通路的癌症治疗:它们是可药物的吗?

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Genes and Diseases Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2023.101156

Wei Wang, Yi Du, Sayantap Datta, Josef F. Fowler, Hannah T. Sang, Najah Ghazi Albadari, Wei Li, Jennifer Foster, Ruiwen Zhang

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