Rac1 and Rho contribute to the migratory and invasive phenotype associated with somatic E-cadherin mutation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3632-3644

  Deplazes, Joëlle ^a   Fuchs, Margit ^b   Rauser, Sandra ^c   Genth, Harald ^d   Lengyel, Ernst ^e   Busch, Raymonde ^a   Luber, Birgit ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CELL MOTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CADHERINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 70350754461     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp312     Document Type: Article

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