A positive role of cadherin in wnt/β-catenin signalling during epithelial-mesenchymal transition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Howard, Sara ^a   Deroo, Tom ^a   Fujita, Yasuyuki ^b,c   Itasaki, Nobue ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; SCATTER FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MESODERM; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; DOGS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HEK293 CELLS; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 80052338841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023899     Document Type: Article

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