Nr-CAM is a target gene of the β-catenin/LEF-1 pathway in melanoma and colon cancer and its expression enhances motility and confers tumorigenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2058-2072

  Conacci Sorrell, Maralice E ^a   Ben Yedidia, Tamar ^a   Shtutman, Michael ^a   Feinstein, Elena ^b   Einat, Paz ^b   Ben Ze'ev, Avri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b QBI Enterprises Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

catenin; Carcinoma; Colon; Melanoma; Motility; Nr CAM; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; DNA; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TISSUE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GAMMA CATENIN; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MALE; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037102578     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.227502     Document Type: Article

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