Smad7 mediates apoptosis induced by transforming growth factor β in prostatic carcinoma cells

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 535-538

  Landström, Maréne ^a   Heldin, Nils Erik ^b   Bu, Shizhong ^a   Hermansson, Annika ^b   Itoh, Susumu ^a,c   Ten Dijke, Peter ^a,c   Heldin, Carl Henrik ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE RNA; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL MOTILITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD7 PROTEIN; STABLE TRANSFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034193758     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00470-X     Document Type: Article

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