Role of c-kit receptor tyrosine kinase in the development, survival and neoplastic transformation of mast cells

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 933-938

  Tsujimura, Tohru ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit receptor tyrosine kinase; mast cell; stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 3; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME 5; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; REVIEW;

EID: 0030451499     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03571.x     Document Type: Review

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