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AKT-ions with a TWIST between EMT and MET.
Oncotarget - 20 Sept 2016
Tang Huifang, Massi Daniela, Hemmings Brian A, Mandalà Mario, Hu Zhengqiang, Wicki Andreas, Xue Gongda
Abstract excerpt
The transcription factor Twist is an important regulator of cranial suture during embryogenesis. Closure of the neural tube is achieved via Twist-triggered cellular transition from an epithelial to mesenchymal phenotype, a process known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), characterized by a remarkable increase in cell motility. In the absence of Twist activity, EMT and associated phenotypic changes in...
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