Breast Cancer Resistance Protein

Drug Transporters: Molecular Characterization and Role in Drug Disposition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 319-358

  Robey, Robert W ^a   Polgar, Orsolya ^a   Deeken, John ^a   To, Kenneth K W ^a   Bates, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCG2 tissue localization; Breast cancer resistance protein; Cancer stem cell identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349125606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470140505.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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