Xaralabos "Bob" Varelas

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University of Alberta

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Integrating developmental signals: a Hippo in the (path) way

Co-Authors Alain Mauviel, Flore Nallet-Staub

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Oncogene. 2012 Apr 5;31(14):1743-56. doi: 10.1038/onc.2011.363. Epub 2011 Aug 29.

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