The molecular changes associated with the transition of melanoma cells from radial growth phase to vertical growth phase (metastatic phenotype) are not very well defined. Expression of the tyrosine-kinase receptor c-KIT progressively decreases during local tumor growth and invasion of human melanoma
Molecular mechanisms of metastasis
✍ Scribed by Dave S.B. Hoon; Robert Ferris; Ryo Tanaka; Kelly K. Chong; Catherine Alix-Panabières; Klaus Pantel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 410 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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