Cooperation, amplification, and feed-back in epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer

Volumn 1825, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-228

  García de Herreros, Antonio ^a   Baulida, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

E cadherin; EMT; Snail1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SNAIL 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CADHERINS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84856797304     PISSN: 0304419X     EISSN: 18792561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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