Transcriptional activation of ZEB1 by slug leads to cooperative regulation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like phenotype in melanoma

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1877-1885

  Wels, Christian ^a   Joshi, Shripad ^a   Koefinger, Petra ^a   Bergler, Helmut ^b   Schaider, Helmut ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; ZEB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 80051797683     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.142     Document Type: Article

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