Autocrine growth of small cell lung cancer mediated by coexpression of c-kit and stem cell factor

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 370-376

  Krystal, Geoffrey W ^a   Hines, Susan J ^a   Organ, Craig P ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBIMYCIN A; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO ONCOGENE;

BOMBESIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030069519     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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