Medulloblastoma: Developmental mechanisms out of control

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Marino, Silvia ^a  

^a PSI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AXIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLOPAMINE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 11844301282     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2004.11.008     Document Type: Review

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