Maspin: A tumor suppressing serpin

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 213 I, Issue , 1996, Pages 51-64

  Sager, R ^a   Sheng, S ^a   Pemberton, P ^b   Hendrix, M J C ^c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LXR Biotechnology   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASPIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030011720     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-61107-0_4     Document Type: Review

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