A cell-based fascin bioassay identifies compounds with potential anti-metastasis or cognition-enhancing functions
SUMMARY The actin-bundling protein fascin is a key mediator of tumor invasion and metastasis and its activity drives filopodia formation, cell-shape changes and cell migration. Small-molecule inhibitors of fascin block tumor metastasis in animal models. Conversely, fascin deficiency might underlie t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2013-01-01
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Series: | Disease Models & Mechanisms |
Online Access: | http://dmm.biologists.org/content/6/1/217 |