Drosophila in cancer research: To boldly go where no one has gone before

Oncogene

Volumn 30, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 4063-4066

  Halder, G ^a,b   Mills, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; STAT PROTEIN;

CANCER RESEARCH; CELL POPULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 85027934416     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2011.128     Document Type: Review

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