Code
31524808
Duration
01 January 2008 → 30 December 2010
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
- Morphological sciences
- Oncology
Keywords
invasion
RNAi
EMT
cancer
Project description
Invasion and metastasis of cancer cells are the main causes of cancer deaths. These malignant features can be induced by epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) a process controlled by the Snail and deltaEF1 transcriptionfactor family. The goal of this research project is to identify via RNAi screening functional interactors of Snail and deltaEF1 and analyze their role in the EMT process.