EphA receptors regulate prostate cancer cell dissemination through Vav2-RhoA mediated cell-cell repulsion

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 453-462

  Batson, Jennifer ^a   MacCarthy Morrogh, Lucy ^a   Archer, Amy ^a   Tanton, Helen ^a   Nobes, Catherine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Contact inhibition of locomotion; Eph receptors; Prostate cancer; Rho gtpases; Vav2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979073208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20146601     Document Type: Article

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