Human tumour viruses and the deregulation of cell polarity in cancer

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 877-886

  Banks, Lawrence ^a   Pim, David ^a   Thomas, Miranda ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR VIRUS; WART VIRUS;

ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CELL POLARITY; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 6; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES;

EID: 84870174388     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3400     Document Type: Review

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