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EHMT2 (G9a) activation in mantle cell lymphoma and its associated DNA methylation and gene expression

Jun Wang, Hui Xu, Shuang Ge, Chaoshuai Xue, Hailing Li, Xiaotong Jing, Ke Liang, Xiaoying Zhang and Cuijuan Zhang
Cancer Biology & Medicine June 2022, 19 (6) 836-849; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2020.0371

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