The role of focal-adhesion kinase in cancer - a new therapeutic opportunity.

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Published in Nat Rev Cancer on July 01, 2005

Authors

Gordon W McLean1, Neil O Carragher, Egle Avizienyte, Jeff Evans, Valerie G Brunton, Margaret C Frame

Author Affiliations

1: The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Beatson Laboratories, Garscube Estate Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, United Kingdom.

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