Inactivation of the E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion system in human cancers

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Hirohashi, Setsuo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UVOMORULIN;

CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE MUTATION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031830664     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65575-7     Document Type: Review

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