Welcome to the May 2008 Cell Migration Update, your one-stop resource for news, highlights and research on cell migration.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Specially written Editor's reviews of the hottest new articles
Mammary development: Collective migration without protrusions
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Mammary branching morphogenesis results from the transition of a bilayered epithelium into a multilayered epithelium, followed by a mechanism of collective migration where cells do not form leading protrusions.
Original research paper: Dev. Cell 14, 570-581 (2008)
Differential signalling: For quiescence or for migration?
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Angiogenesis and vascular quiescence are regulated by the Tie2 receptor tyrosine kinase and its ligand Angiopoietin-1 through the activation of different signalling cascades at cell–cell and cell–matrix contacts.
Original research paper: Nat. Cell Biol. 10, 513-526 (2008)
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
Synopses of important recent articles
Cell migration: Group voyage
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Collective cell migration is regulated by an evolutionarily conserved cascade that involves the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signalling pathway.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 9, 346 (2008)
Oncogenes: Sibling rivalry explained
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The use of genetically engineered mice has shed light on the distinct effects of proteins encoded by the oncogenes KRAS and NRAS on differentiation and tumorigenesis in colonic epithelium.
Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 324 - 325 (2008)
NEWS
The latest news selected from the CMC, Nature News and journals from the Nature family
Integrin activation: A height complex.
Multicolour compositional imaging: Adhesions revealed.
James Watson's genome sequenced at high speed
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New-generation technology takes just four months and costs a fraction of old method.
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