Integrin-linked kinase: Both Jekyll and Hyde in rhabdomyosarcoma

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1452-1455

  McDonald, Paul C ^a   Dedhar, Shoukat ^a,b   Keller, Charles ^c  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRIN LINKED KINASE; JANUS KINASE 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO ONCOGENE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 67651006082     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI39457     Document Type: Note

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