Eph/ephrin signaling in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-497

  Singh, Arvinder ^a   Winterbottom, Emily ^a   Daar, Ira O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cell movement; EphA; EphB; Ephrin A; Ephrin B; Metastasis; Morphogenesis; Repulsion; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860284115     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3939     Document Type: Article

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