Changing neighbours, changing behaviour: Cell adhesion molecule-mediated signalling during tumour progression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2318-2323

  Christofori, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Integrin; Metastasis; Signalling

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0038581169     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg228     Document Type: Review

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