Towards a mechanistic understanding of tumor invasion - Lessons from the α6β4 integrin

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 129-141

  Mercurio, Arthur M ^a   Rabinovitz, Isaac ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytoskeleton; Integrin; Invasion; Signaling

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035019920     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scbi.2000.0364     Document Type: Article

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