Proteomic analysis of ovarian cancer cells reveals dynamic processes of protein secretion and shedding of extra-cellular domains.

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Published in PLoS One on June 18, 2008

Authors

Vitor M Faça1, Aviva P Ventura, Mathew P Fitzgibbon, Sandra R Pereira-Faça, Sharon J Pitteri, Ann E Green, Renee C Ireton, Qing Zhang, Hong Wang, Kathy C O'Briant, Charles W Drescher, Michèl Schummer, Martin W McIntosh, Beatrice S Knudsen, Samir M Hanash

Author Affiliations

1: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America.

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