Cadherin/catenin complex: A target for antiinvasive therapy?

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 524-530

  Mareel, Marc ^a   Berx, Geert ^b   Van Roy, Frans ^b   Bracke, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cadherin; catenins; IGF I; invasion; tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TAMOXIFEN; UVOMORULIN;

ARMADILLO; CANCER INVASION; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0029900187     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960616)61:4<524::AID-JCB5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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