Determination of Molecular Regulators of Anoikis Resistance

As a barrier to metastases, cells normally undergo apoptosis after they lose contact with their extra cellular matrix or their neighbouring cells. This cell death process has been termed “anoikis”. Tumour cells that acquire malignant potential have developed mechanisms to resist anoikis and thereb...

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Main Author: Simpson, Craig Darryl
Other Authors: Schimmer, Aaron D.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34925