Expression of N-cadherin by human squamous carcinoma cells induces a scattered fibroblastic phenotype with disrupted cell-cell adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1643-1654

  Islam, Shahidul ^a   Carey, Thomas E ^b   Wolf, Gregory T ^b   Wheelock, Margaret J ^a   Johnson, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, ANTISENSE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030470184     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.6.1643     Document Type: Article

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