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Adhesion-dependent activation of the ERK1/2 cascade is by-passed in melanoma cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Sept 2003
Conner Sean R, Scott Glynis, Aplin Andrew E
Abstract excerpt
Normal cells are dependent upon integrin-mediated adhesion to the extracellular matrix for cell proliferation and survival. Integrins regulate these processes partially through control of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2). A trait of malignant cells is their ability to undergo anchorage-independent growth. Melanomas are tumors arising from normal melanocytes that, if undetected at an early...
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