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Gigantino, Valerio
Nassa, Giovanni
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Rizzo, Francesca
Tarallo, Roberta
Weisz, Alessandro
Salvati, Annamaria
Gigantino, Valerio
Nassa, Giovanni
Giurato, Giorgio
Alexandrova, Elena
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Tarallo, Roberta
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Tarallo, Roberta
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spellingShingle Salvati, Annamaria, Gigantino, Valerio, Nassa, Giovanni, Giurato, Giorgio, Alexandrova, Elena, Rizzo, Francesca, Tarallo, Roberta, Weisz, Alessandro, Cancers, The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells, Cancer Research, Oncology
title The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
title_full The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
title_fullStr The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
title_full_unstemmed The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
title_short The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
title_sort the histone methyltransferase dot1l is a functional component of estrogen receptor alpha signaling in ovarian cancer cells
title_unstemmed The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells
topic Cancer Research, Oncology
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