Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in development and pathologies

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 740-746

  Thiery, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UVOMORULIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVOLUTION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0344845003     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2003.10.006     Document Type: Review

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