The Very Late Activation Antigen (VLA) proteins are a family of five related heterodimers, which also are part of the integrin superfamily of cell adhesion molecules. Except for the identification of VLA-5 as a fibronectin receptor structure, the functions of the VLA proteins have remained unclarifi
Loss of VLA-2 Collagen Receptor in Breast Carcinoma, Facilitating Invasion and Metastasis
โ Scribed by Arihiro, Koji ;Inai, Kouki ;Kurihara, Kanji ;Takeda, Shinpei ;Kaneko, Mayumi ;Kuroi, Katsumasa ;Toge, Tetsuya
- Book ID
- 108579676
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 971 KB
- Volume
- 84
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0910-5050
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