Upsides and downsides to polarity and asymmetric cell division in leukemia

Oncogene

Volumn 27, Issue 55, 2008, Pages 7003-7017

  Hawkins, E D ^a   Russell, S M ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell divison; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Polarity; Scribble; Self renewal

Indexed keywords

DLG PROTEIN; LGL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCRIBBLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, LEUKEMIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 56749186277     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2008.350     Document Type: Review

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