p21-activated kinases in human cancer

Cancer and Metastasis Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-393

  Vadlamudi, Ratna K ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Invasion; Motility; Pak1; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0038386604     PISSN: 01677659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023729130497     Document Type: Review

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