Autoregulation of E-cadherin expression by cadherin-cadherin interactions: The roles of β-catenin signaling, Slug, and MAPK

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 847-857

  Conacci Sorrell, Maralice ^a   Simcha, Inbal ^a   Ben Yedidia, Tamar ^a   Blechman, Janna ^a   Savagner, Pierre ^b   Ben Ze'Ev, Avri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

catenin; Cell adhesion; ERK; Slug; Tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CELL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; COLON CANCER; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYME; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0345599013     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200308162     Document Type: Article

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