Mechanotransduction, metastasis and genomic instability

Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages 139-158

  Simi, Allison K ^a   Piotrowski, Alexandra S ^a   Nelson, Celeste M ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMT; Mechanical stress; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL FUNCTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GIN; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM; RIGIDITY; STROMA; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84916229974     PISSN: 15682102     EISSN: 22151648     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12136-9_7     Document Type: Article

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