Identification of a novel metastasis enhancer, CDCP1, and analysis of its functions during melanoma metastasis

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Biology, 2009. === Includes bibliographical references. === Nearly 90% of cancer mortality from solid tumors is due to metastasis of malignant cells to the distant vital organs. It is now well established that a plethora of stromal cel...

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Main Author: Liu, Hui, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Richard O. Hynes and Forest M. White.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47881