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Expression of cadherins and their undercoat proteins (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenins and p120) and accumulation of beta-catenin with no gene mutations in synovial sarcoma.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2001
Sato H, Hasegawa T, Kanai Y, Tsutsumi Y, Osamura Y, Abe Y, Sakai H, Hirohashi S
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E-cadherin, the major intercellular adhesion molecule of epithelial cells, is important in determining the architecture of sarcomas, especially those showing epithelioid features. In addition to its role in cell adhesion, beta-catenin, a cadherin undercoat protein, has been shown to function as a...
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