Co-activation of hedgehog and AKT pathways promote tumorigenesis in zebrafish

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ju, Bensheng ^a,d   Spitsbergen, Jan ^c   Eden, Christopher J ^d   Taylor, Michael R ^d   Chen, Wenbiao ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; AKT1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PATCHED RECEPTORS; SMOH PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MELANOMA; MYXOMA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHABDOMYOMA; RISK FACTOR; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 67651111632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14764598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-40     Document Type: Article

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