Vimentin expression in human squamous carcinoma cells: Relationship with phenotypic changes and cadherin-based cell adhesion

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 141-150

  Islam, Shahidul ^a,b   Kim, Jae Beom ^a   Trendel, Jill ^a   Wheelock, Margaret J ^a   Johnson, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; N cadherin; Squamous cell carcinoma; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL ADHESION; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; KERATINS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0034045118     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(20000701)78:1<141::AID-JCB13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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