Defining the E-Cadherin repressor interactome in epithelial-mesenchymal transition: The PMC42 model as a case study

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-40

  Hugo, Honor J ^a,b   Kokkinos, Maria I ^c,d   Blick, Tony ^a   Ackland, M Leigh ^e   Thompson, Erik W ^a,d   Newgreen, Donald F ^b  

^a ST VINCENT'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Pregnancy Research Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; E cadherin transcriptional repression; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Inter regulation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GELATINASE A; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MUCIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UVOMORULIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL JUNCTION; DISTANT METASTASIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL; WOUND HEALING;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CADHERINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HUMANS;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 78650515756     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320174     Document Type: Article

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