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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 831709, 11 pages
The Cytotoxic Effect of Magainin II on the MDA-MB-231 and M14K Tumour Cell Lines
1University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
2Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
3Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
4Department of Pathophysiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa”, 700115 Iaşi, Romania
Received 26 May 2013; Revised 2 August 2013; Accepted 30 August 2013
Academic Editor: Paul M. Tulkens
Copyright © 2013 Radu Anghel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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