Tumor-derived mutated E-cadherin influences beta-catenin localization and increases susceptibility to actin cytoskeletal changes induced by pervanadate.

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E-cadherin participates in homophilic cell-to-cell adhesion and is localized to intercellular junctions of the adherens type. In the present study, we investigated the localization of adherens junction components in cells expressing mutant E-cadherin derivatives which had been previously cloned from diffuse-type gastric carcinoma. The mutations are in frame deletions of exons 8 or 9 and a point mutation in exon 8...

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