LKB1 loss in melanoma disrupts directional migration toward extracellular matrix cues

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-315

  Chan, Keefe T ^a,b   Asokan, Sreeja B ^a,b   King, Samantha J ^a,b   Bo, Tao ^a   Dubose, Evan S ^a,b   Liu, Wenjin ^a,b   Berginski, Matthew E ^c   Simon, Jeremy M ^a,b   Davis, Ian J ^a,b   Gomez, Shawn M ^c   Sharpless, Norman E ^a,b   Bear, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; STK11 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOMA CELL LINE; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NULL CELL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TUMOR INVASION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84910603949     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201404067     Document Type: Article

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