Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature. Access to featured primary research articles from journals in the Nature family is free for three months.
August 2007
p53 and RhoA signalling: A round about way for tumour invasion
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Knocking out the tumour suppressor p53 causes cells to shift from an elongated to a rounded morphology, which is associated with increased motility and tumour invasiveness.
Original research paper: J. Cell Biol. 178, 23-30
From adhesion to migration: The tensin switch
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation induces a switch in expression from tensin-3 to cten, which causes actin stress fibres to dissociate from integrin and disintegrate, thus promoting cell migration.
Original research paper: Nat. Cell. Biol. 9, 961-969