NF2 deficiency promotes tumorigenesis and metastasis by destabilizing adherens junctions

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1090-1100

  Lallemand, Dominique ^a   Curto, Marcello ^a   Saotome, Ichiko ^a   Giovannini, Marco ^b   McClatchey, Andrea I ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Cytoskeleton; Merlin; Metastasis; NF2; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

MERLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL GROWTH; CELL JUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE LOSS; METASTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROFIBROMIN 2;

ANIMALIA; FALCO COLUMBARIUS;

EID: 0038077566     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1054603     Document Type: Article

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