The transcription factor Snail is a repressor of E-cadherin gene expression in epithelial tumour cells

Nature Cell Biology - Tập 2 Số 2 - Trang 84-89 - 2000
Eduard Batlle1, Elena Sancho2, Clara Francı́2, David Dominguez-Sola2, Mercè Monfar2, Josep Baulida2, Antonio Garcı́a de Herreros2
1Unitat de Biologia Cel.lular i Molecular, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica-Universitat Pompeu-Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
2Unitat de Biologia Cel.lular i Molecular, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

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