Tetraspanin in oncogenic epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

Members of the L6 family of membrane proteins, a branch of the tetraspanin superfamily, are overexpressed in tumor cells from many types of cancers. However, direct evidence of their oncogenic activity has not been previously shown. In this issue of the JCI, Lee et al. demonstrate that overexpressio...

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Main Authors: Muschel, R, Gal, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008