Context-dependent signal integration by the GLI code: the oncogenic load, pathways, modifiers and implications for cancer therapy.

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Published in Semin Cell Dev Biol on May 19, 2014

Authors

Fritz Aberger1, Ariel Ruiz I Altaba2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunner Strasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. Electronic address: fritz.aberger@sbg.ac.at.
2: Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, 8242 CMU, 1 rue Michel Servet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: ariel.ruizaltaba@unige.ch.

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