New Insights into the Role of Hedgehog Signaling in Gastrointestinal Development and Cancer

Gastroenterology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 422-424

  Kim, Byeong Moo ^a   Choi, Michael Y ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER RESEARCH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 67650935406     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.06.021     Document Type: Editorial

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