Tumor initiation via loss of cell contact inhibition versus Ras mutation: Do all roads lead to EMT?

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 897-900

  Liu, Yongqing ^a,b   Dean, Douglas C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT); Ras; RB1; Zeb1

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 77953529599     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.5.10933     Document Type: Article

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