Enhancer cooperativity as a novel mechanism underlying the transcriptional regulation of E-cadherin during mesenchymal to epithelial transition

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1849, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 731-742

  Alotaibi, Hani ^a,b   Basilicata, M Felicia ^a   Shehwana, Huma ^c   Kosowan, Tyler ^a   Schreck, Ilona ^a   Braeutigam, Christien ^a   Konu, Ozlen ^c   Brabletz, Thomas ^d,e,f   Stemmler, Marc P ^a,d,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Cancer; Development; Grhl3; Hnf4 ; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

CADHERINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GRHL3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HNF4A PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETICS; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84939955587     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.01.005     Document Type: Article

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