Wnt/FZD signaling and colorectal cancer morphogenesis

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 458-470

  Hlubek, Falk ^a   Spaderna, Simone ^a   Schmalhofer, Otto ^a   Jung, Andreas ^a   Kirchner, Thomas ^a   Brabletz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta catenin; Cancer stem cells; Colorectal cancer; EMT; MET; Morphogenesis; Review; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249776362     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2075     Document Type: Article

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