Regulation of the protein stability of EMT transcription factors

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 418-428

  Diaz V M ^a,b,c   Vinas Castells R ^a,d   De Herreros, A García ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMT; F box; Hypoxia; Proteasome; Snail1; Stress; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SNAIL FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CELL STRESS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SENSOR; SNAIL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

GASTROPODA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84919915759     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/19336918.2014.969998     Document Type: Review

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