Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 339-353 , August 2009

Endocytosis, asymmetric cell division, stem cells and cancer: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno

  • Maximilian Fürthauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    • Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Marcos González-Gaitán

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    • Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors at: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences II, 30 quai Ernest Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.

Received 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 25 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.molonc.2009.05.006

Molecular Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 339-353 , August 2009

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