Why size matters: Altering cell size

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 565-571

  Saucedo, Leslie J ^a   Edgar, Bruce A ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; HAMARTIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BRAT; PROTEIN NCL 1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TUBERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0036778129     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(02)00341-6     Document Type: Review

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