Untangling the ErbB signalling network

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-137

  Yarden, Yosef ^a   Sliwkowski, Mark X ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; NEOPLASMS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035256698     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35052073     Document Type: Review

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