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Cancer Biology: APC Delivers Kiss of Death to Focal Adhesions

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New work shows that the actin-nucleating ability of the adenomatous polyposis coli protein is required for disassembly of focal adhesions. Loss of this function in Apc mutant cells reduces directed… Click to show full abstract

New work shows that the actin-nucleating ability of the adenomatous polyposis coli protein is required for disassembly of focal adhesions. Loss of this function in Apc mutant cells reduces directed cell migration, potentially explaining the decreased migration of colon cancer cells.

Keywords: biology apc; apc delivers; biology; cancer biology; focal adhesions

Journal Title: Current Biology
Year Published: 2017

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