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RAS PATHWAYS TO CELL CYCLE CONTROL AND CELL TRANSFORMATION

Marcos Malumbres and Angel Pellicer

Department of Pathology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, New York

Received 7/17/98 Accepted 7/25/98

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