Fusion between tumor cells enhances melanoma metastatic potential

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1651-1658

  Mi, Ruifang ^a   Pan, Chunxiao ^a   Bian, Xiaocui ^a   Song, Liqiang ^a   Tian, Wenjia ^a   Cao, Fang ^a   Yin, Juan ^a   Peng, Haiyong ^a   Ma, Jianhui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aneuploidy; Cell fusion; Fusion method; Melanoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL THERAPY; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; DNA CONTENT; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOMA METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84866732199     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-012-1242-y     Document Type: Article

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