Homeobox genes and cancer

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Cillo, Clemente ^a   Faiella, Antonio ^b   Cantile, Monica ^a   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033541435     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4451     Document Type: Article

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