Tracking Down the Hedgehog's Lair in the Pancreas

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 823-825

  Maitra, Anirban ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC; MUCIN 6; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 77249147886     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.021     Document Type: Editorial

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