The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 3 , Pages 341-345 , September 2010

Expressions of the anti-apoptotic genes Bag-1 and Bcl-2 in colon cancer and their relationship

Received 15 June 2009 ,Revised 21 October 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(10)00079-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.10.024

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 3 , Pages 341-345 , September 2010