Kepone (Chlordecone) disrupts adherens junctions in human breast epithelial cells cultured on matrigel

In Vivo

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-294

  Starcevic, S L ^a   Bortolin, S ^a   Woodcroft, K J ^a   Novak, R F ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Catenin; Chlordecone; E cadherin; Extracellular matrix; Human breast epithelial cells; Kepone; Matrigel

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; CHLORDECONE; DESMOGLEIN; MATRIGEL; PLAKOGLOBIN; PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ADHERENT CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DESMOSOME; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034758607     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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