An emerging role of the cellular prion protein as a modulator of a morphogenetic program underlying epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Mehrabian, Mohadeseh ^a,b   Ehsani, Sepehr ^a,b,c   Schmitt Ulms, Gerold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Function; Phenotype; Prion protein; ZIP transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971265574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00053     Document Type: Article

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