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E-cadherin mutations and cell motility: a genotype-phenotype correlation.
Experimental cell research - 1 May 2009
Mateus Ana Rita, Simões-Correia Joana, Figueiredo Joana, Heindl Stefan, Alves Catarina Castro, Suriano Gianpaolo, Luber Birgit, Seruca Raquel
Abstract excerpt
E-cadherin has a determinant role in tumour progression, acting as an invasion and metastasis suppressor. Germline mutations of E-cadherin gene (CDH1) occur in 30% of families with Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer (HDGC); of these 23% are missense mutations. The CDH1 missense mutations described to date span the entire gene and some lead to significant functional consequences. In this study, we explored the...
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