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E-cadherin is regulated by the transcriptional repressor SLUG during Ras-mediated transformation of intestinal epithelial cells.
Surgery - 1 Aug 2005
Schmidt Carl R, Gi Y J, Patel Trusharth A, Coffey Robert J, Beauchamp R Daniel, Pearson A Scott
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BACKGROUND: Loss of the cell membrane protein E-cadherin is a critical event during Ras-mediated transformation of intestinal epithelial cells. The purpose of our study is to determine if activation of the transcriptional repressor SLUG is an important component of the mechanism of Ras-induced loss of E-cadherin. METHODS: Rat intestinal epithelial (RIE) cells were engineered to express mutated human Ha-Ras(Val12)...
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