Induction and regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1091-1099

  Boyer, Brigitte ^a   Vallés, Ana Maria ^a   Edme, Natacha ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cell motility; Cell scattering; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UVOMORULIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034668172     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(00)00427-5     Document Type: Article

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