Twist1-induced dissemination preserves epithelial identity and requires E-cadherin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 839-856

  Shamir, Eliah R ^a   Pappalardo, Elisa ^b   Jorgens, Danielle M ^c   Coutinho, Kester ^c   Tsai, Wen Ting ^c   Aziz, Khaled ^d   Auer, Manfred ^c   Tran, Phuoc T ^d   Bader, Joel S ^b   Ewald, Andrew J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DISSEMINATION; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPITHELIAL IDENTITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84895772208     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201306088     Document Type: Article

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