c-Met autocrine activation induces development of malignant melanoma and acquisition of the metastatic phenotype.

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Published in Cancer Res on November 15, 1998

Authors

T Otsuka1, H Takayama, R Sharp, G Celli, W J LaRochelle, D P Bottaro, N Ellmore, W Vieira, J W Owens, M Anver, G Merlino

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA.

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