Rho GTPase Rac1: Molecular switch within the galectin network and for N-glycan α2,6-sialylation/O-glycan core 1 sialylation in colon cancer in vitro

Folia Biologica (Czech Republic)

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 95-107

  Andre S ^a   Singh, T ^a   Lacal, J C ^b   Smetana Jr , K ^c   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Glycosylation; Invasion; Lectin; Migration

Indexed keywords

ECALECTIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 4; GALECTIN 7; GALECTIN 8; RAC1 PROTEIN; LECTIN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADENOCARCINOMA CELL LINE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIALYLATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; CELL MEMBRANE; COLON TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LECTINS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84905463828     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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