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Original Article

Gene silencing of Rac1 with RNA interference mediated by ultrasound and microbubbles in human LoVo cells: evaluation of cell invasion inhibition and metastatic

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Pages 380-386 | Received 13 May 2014, Accepted 22 Dec 2014, Published online: 12 Feb 2015

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