Betacellulin enhances ovarian cancer cell migration by up-regulating Connexin43 via MEK-ERK signaling.

@article{Zhao2019BetacellulinEO,
  title={Betacellulin enhances ovarian cancer cell migration by up-regulating Connexin43 via MEK-ERK signaling.},
  author={Jianfang Zhao and Christian Klausen and Yuyin Yi and Jung-Chien Cheng and Hsun‐Ming Chang and Peter C. K. Leung},
  journal={Cellular signalling},
  year={2019},
  pages={
          109439
        }
}
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