Molecular mechanisms of cell segregation and boundary formation in development and tumorigenesis

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Batlle, Eduard ^a   Wilkinson, David G ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; EPHRIN; INTEGRIN;

ANIMAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPHRINS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863907676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a008227     Document Type: Article

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