The quest for the melanoma stem cell: still more questions than answers

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-309

  Rambow, Florian ^a   Larue, Lionel ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU3F2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICE; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 77952570591     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00713.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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