Primordial germ cells and gastrointestinal stromal tumors respond distinctly to a cKit overactivating allele

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 313-327

  Chen, Li ^a   Faire, Mehlika ^a   Kissner, Michael D ^a   Laird, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN KINASE B; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 84872045052     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds430     Document Type: Article

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