Altered cell cycle regulation helps stem-like carcinoma cells resist apoptosis

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chappell, James ^a   Dalton, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; HERMES ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOMA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANTIGENS, CD44; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASTIC STEM CELLS;

EID: 77953655705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-63     Document Type: Note

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