Contact-dependent inhibition of EGFR signaling by Nf2/Merlin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 893-903

  Curto, Marcello ^a   Cole, Banumathi K ^a   Lallemand, Dominique ^a,b   Liu, Ching Hui ^a   McClatchey, Andrea I ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE INHIBITOR; MERLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

EID: 34249913434     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200703010     Document Type: Article

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