Molecular Oncology
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 84-96 , June 2007

The morphologies of breast cancer cell lines in three-dimensional assays correlate with their profiles of gene expression

  • Paraic A. Kenny

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    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this report.
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  • Genee Y. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this report.
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  • Connie A. Myers

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • Present address: Division of Neuropathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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  • Richard M. Neve

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    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Jeremy R. Semeiks

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Paul T. Spellman

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Katrin Lorenz

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • Present address: Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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  • Eva H. Lee

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    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff

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    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Ole W. Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Structural Cell Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Anatomy, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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  • Joe W. Gray

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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  • Mina J. Bissell

      Affiliations

    • Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, One Cyclotron Road, MS 977-225A, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 510 486 4365; Fax: +1 510 486 5586.

Received 31 January 2007 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2007.02.004

Molecular Oncology
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 84-96 , June 2007

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