The many faces of the tumor suppressor gene APC

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 126-134

  Van Es, Johan H ^a   Giles, Rachel H ^a   Clevers, Hans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli; APC; APC2; Cancer; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; CYTOSKELETON; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0035835826     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.2000.5142     Document Type: Article

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