Germline mutations of KIT in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and mastocytosis

Cell and Bioscience

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ke, Hengning ^a   Kazi, Julhash U ^b   Zhao, Hui ^c   Sun, Jianmin ^a,b  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; KIT; Signal transduction; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992166136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20453701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13578-016-0120-8     Document Type: Review

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