A switch in the expression of embryonic EMT-inducers drives the development of malignant melanoma

Julie Caramel1, Eftychios Papadogeorgakis, Louise Hill

  • 1Inserm UMR-S1052, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France; CNRS UMR5286, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France; LabEX DEVweCAN, 69008 Lyon, France; University Lyon I, 69008 Lyon, France; Université de Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France; Centre Léon Bérard, 69008 Lyon, France.

Cancer Cell
|October 1, 2013
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