WASP and WAVE proteins: Vital intrinsic regulators of cell motility and their role in cancer (review)

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Fernando, Herman ^a   Kynaston, Howard G ^a   Jiang, Wen G ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell invasion; Cell motility; WASP verpolin homologous proteins; Wiskott Aldrich syndrome; Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; GELATINASE B; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; STROMELYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERPROLIN HOMOLOGOUS PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; LIVER TUMOR; MELANOMA; MESENCHYME CELL; METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; CELL MOTION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; CELL MOVEMENT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 64749092092     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000111     Document Type: Review

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