Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor-induced intracellular signalling

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-30

  Stuart, Katherine A ^a   Riordan, Stephen M ^a   Lidder, Sukhwinderjit ^a   Crostella, Luca ^a   Williams, Roger ^a   Skouteris, George G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c MET; ECM; Hepatocyte; HGF; Scattering

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; ONCOPROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; LIVER; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MET; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034107193     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2000.00138.x     Document Type: Review

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