Understanding mesenchymal cancer: The liposarcoma-associated FUS-DDIT3 fusion gene as a model

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-214

  Perez Mancera P A ^a   Sanchez Garcia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipocyte development; Cancer target cell; FUS DDIT3; Liposarcoma; Solid tumors

Indexed keywords

GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADIPOCYTE; CANCER MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MATURATION; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DERMATOFIBROMA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUS DDIT3 FUSION GENE; FUSION GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOSARCOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYXOSARCOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TARGET CELL DESTRUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 17044428415     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2005.01.006     Document Type: Review

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