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 2008
Local recycling: Rab goes back to Rac
Standfirst
Spatially restricted activation of Rac and actin remodelling downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases requires Rab5-dependent endocytic recycling.
Original research paper: Cell 134, 135-147 (2008)
EMT: Giving senescence a TWIST
Standfirst
TWIST transcription factors cooperate with mitogenic oncoproteins in cancer cells to override premature senescence and induce epithelial-mesenchymal transition, thus favouring tumour progression and dissemination.
Original research paper: Cancer Cell 14, 79-89 (2008)