Gap Junction Function and Cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1993, Pages 3475-3485

  Holder, James W ^a   Elmore, Eugene ^b   Barrett, J Carl ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Vitro Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CANCER CONTROL; CATABOLISM; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONNEXINS; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0027170931     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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