Drosophila in cancer researchan expanding role

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-39

  Potter, Christopher J ^a   Turenchalk, Gregory S ^a   Xu, Tian ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RESEARCH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

DROSOPHILA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033621538     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01878-8     Document Type: Review

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