The von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor protein: O2 sensing and cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 865-873

  Kaelin Jr , William G ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2ALPHA; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VON HIPPEL LINDAU PROTEIN;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; KIDNEY CANCER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SENSING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE;

GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; VON HIPPEL-LINDAU TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

EID: 54549113030     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2502     Document Type: Review

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