Smad3 is key to TGF-β-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, fibrosis, tumor suppression and metastasis
✍ Scribed by Anita B. Roberts; Fang Tian; Stacey DaCosta Byfield; Christina Stuelten; Akira Ooshima; Shizuya Saika; Kathleen C. Flanders
- Book ID
- 116401003
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 325 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1359-6101
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