Oncogenic HMGA2: Short or small?

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1005-1009

  Young, Andrew R J ^a   Narita, Masashi ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP A2 PROTEIN; MICRORNA; PROTEIN MDM2;

CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBESITY; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; HMGA2 PROTEIN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; RNA, NEOPLASM; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34247570512     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1554707     Document Type: Review

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