Melanoma development and pigment cell transformation

From Melanocytes to Melanoma: The Progression to Malignancy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 247-263

  Wellbrock, Claudia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AKT; B RAF; Brn 2; ERK; Fyn; MITF; osteopontin; PI3 kinase; Signaling pathways; Src kinases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880036517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59259-994-3_14     Document Type: Chapter

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