Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
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)