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FOS-1 promotes basement-membrane removal during anchor-cell invasion in C. elegans.
Cell - 17 Jun 2005
Sherwood David R, Butler James A, Kramer James M, Sternberg Paul W
Abstract excerpt
Cell invasion through basement membranes is crucial during morphogenesis and cancer metastasis. Here, we genetically dissect this process during anchor-cell invasion into the vulval epithelium in C. elegans. We have identified the fos transcription factor ortholog fos-1 as a critical regulator of basement-membrane removal. In fos-1 mutants, the gonadal anchor cell extends cellular processes normally toward vulval...
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