Snail Promotes Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer Cells in Part via Activation of Nuclear ERK2

Bethany N. Smith; Liza J. Burton; Veronica Henderson; Diandra D. Randle; Derrick J. Morton; Basil A. Smith; Latonia Taliaferro-Smith; Peri Nagappan; Clayton Yates; Majd Zayzafoon; Leland W. K. Chung; Valerie A. Odero-Marah

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104987

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Snail Promotes Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer Cells in Part via Activation of Nuclear ERK2

Bethany N. Smith,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Liza J. Burton,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Veronica Henderson,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Diandra D. Randle,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Derrick J. Morton,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Basil A. Smith,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Latonia Taliaferro-Smith,

Affiliation The Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Peri Nagappan,

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Clayton Yates,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, United States of America
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Majd Zayzafoon,

Affiliation The Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Leland W. K. Chung,

Affiliation The Uro-Oncology Research Program, Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Valerie A. Odero-Marah

* E-mail: vodero_marah@cau.edu

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development and Department of Biological Sciences, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Snail Promotes Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition in Breast Cancer Cells in Part via Activation of Nuclear ERK2

Bethany N. Smith,
Liza J. Burton,
Veronica Henderson,
Diandra D. Randle,
Derrick J. Morton,
Basil A. Smith,
Latonia Taliaferro-Smith,
Peri Nagappan,
Clayton Yates,
Majd Zayzafoon

Published: August 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104987

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