Clonal growth of human melanocytes using cell-free extracellular matrix.

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res

Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China.

Published: November 2013


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