Featured Articles
Each month we showcase exciting new cell migration articles from the literature.
March 2010
F-actin reorganization: A Mical link for plexin
Standfirst
The redox enzyme Mical is a novel F-actin regulator that directly links semaphorin-bound plexins to the actin cytoskeleton, thereby mediating F-actin disassembly and actin reorganization.
Original research paper: Nature 463, 823-827 (2010)
Tumour metastasis: miR-9 under spotlight
Standfirst
miR-9 is a MYC-induced microRNA that suppresses E-cadherin expression and upregulates β-catenin signalling, leading to induced tumour cell migration and metastasis.
Original research paper: Nature Cell Biology 12, 247-256 (2010)