Colorectal cancer progression: Lessons from Drosophila?

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-77

  Bell, Graham P ^a   Thompson, Barry J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Epithelial polarity; Growth; Wing; Wing disc

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UVOMORULIN; WNT PROTEIN; CADHERIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CLONE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYST; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TUMOR INVASION; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GASTROPODA;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL MOVEMENT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901275567     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.02.007     Document Type: Review

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