CCN2/CTGF silencing blocks cell aggregation in embryonal carcinoma P19 cell

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 200-205

  Aguiar, D P ^a   Coelho Aguiar, J M ^a   Abreu, J G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesion; CCN family; CCN2 CTGF; Condensation; Extracellular matrix; Teratocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA STEM CELL; GENE SILENCING;

EID: 80053587200     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500019     Document Type: Article

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