Epithelial to mesenchymal transition: New and old insights from the classical neural crest model

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 411-416

  Strobl Mazzulla, Pablo H ^a   Bronner, Marianne E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; EMT; Neural crest

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL;

CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; NEURAL CREST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84866339845     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: 10963650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2012.04.008     Document Type: Review

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