The roles of fascins in health and disease

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-300

  Hashimoto, Yosuke ^a   Kim, Dae Joong ^b   Adams, Josephine C ^c  

^a SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actin; dendritic cell; filopodia; metastasis; microRNA; migration; neuron; photoreceptor; podosome; signalling; stereocilia

Indexed keywords

FASCIN; FASCIN 1; FASCIN 2; FASCIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN TUMOR; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80955177507     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2894     Document Type: Review

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