Plakoglobin induces desmosome formation and epidermoid phenotype in N- cadherin-expressing squamous carcinoma cells deficient in plakoglobin and E- cadherin

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-100

  Parker, Henry R ^a   Li, Zhi ^a   Sheinin, Hannah ^a   Lauzon, Gille ^a   Pasdar, Manijeh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

catenin; Cadherins; Epidermoid; Plakoglobin; Squamous carcinomas; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 0031957541     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:1<87::AID-CM8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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