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The C-terminal region of S100A4 is important for its metastasis-inducing properties.
Oncogene - 23 Jun 2005
Zhang Shu, Wang Guozheng, Liu Dong, Bao Zhengzheng, Fernig David G, Rudland Philip S, Barraclough Roger
Abstract excerpt
The EF-hand protein, S100A4, binds calcium ions and interacts specifically in vitro with protein targets. Elevated levels of S100A4 have been shown to produce a metastatic phenotype in independent models of breast cancer. The presence of S100A4 in the carcinoma cells of patients with different carcinomas is associated with reduced patient survival. In order to identify the region of the S100A4 molecule that is...
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