Functional downregulation of the E-cadherin/catenin complex leads to loss of contact inhibition of motility and of mitochondrial activity, but not of growth in confluent epithelial cell cultures

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 342-349

  Bracke, Marc E ^a,b   Depypere, Herman ^a   Labit, Caroline ^a   Van Marck, Veerle ^a   Vennekens, KrisT'L ^a   Vermeulen, Stefan J ^a   Maelfait, Inès ^a   Philippé, Jan ^a   Serreyn, Rudolphe ^a   Mareel, Marc M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact inhibition; E cadherin; Growth; MCF 7; Mitochondrion; Motility

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; CYCLINE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTACT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030716835     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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