Hyaluronan: From extracellular glue to pericellular cue

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 528-539

  Toole, Bryan P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GEL; HEALING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 3042697038     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1391     Document Type: Review

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