The tumor-suppressor function of E-cadherin

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1588-1593

  Semb, Henrik ^a   Christofori, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ADHESION; EDITORIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032471542     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302173     Document Type: Article

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