Spontaneous fusion between cancer cells and endothelial cells

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2125-2131

  Mortensen, K ^a   Lichtenberg, J ^b   Thomsen, P D ^a   Larsson, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NEUROSEARCH A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endothelial cell; FISH; Fusion; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HYBRID CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METASTASIS; MITOSIS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 4344714751     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4200-2     Document Type: Article

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