The expanding world of N-MYC-driven tumors

Cancer Discovery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 150-164

  Rickman, David S ^a,b   Schulte, Johannes H ^c,d,e   Eilers, Martin ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)   (Germany)

^e BERLIN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISERTIB; CHROMOGRANIN A; GLUCAGON; N MYC PROTO ONCOGENE PROTEIN; NAVITOCLAX; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VENETOCLAX; WNT PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RNA STABILITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; N-MYC PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN; NEOPLASMS; RNA STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85041428603     PISSN: 21598274     EISSN: 21598290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0273     Document Type: Review

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