MUC18: A cell adhesion molecule with a potential role in tumor growth and tumor cell dissemination

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 213 I, Issue , 1996, Pages 95-105

  Johnson, J P ^a   Rummel, M M ^a   Rothbacher U ^a,b   Sers, C ^a,c  

^a Institute for Immunology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MUC 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSEMINATED CANCER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0029888456     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-61107-0_7     Document Type: Review

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