Drosophila as a Model for Context-Dependent Tumorigenesis

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-33

  Tipping, Marla ^a   Perrimon, Norbert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; JANUS KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CANCER MODEL; CARCINOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GLIA CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMAGINAL DISC; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; ONCOGENE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES;

EID: 84891553056     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24427     Document Type: Article

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