Cancer BiologybioRxivPreprint
Basal extrusion drives cell invasion and mechanical stripping of E-cadherin
John Fadul, Gloria M. Slattum, Nadja M. Redd…·Jody Rosenblatt
This study shows that basal extrusion drives tumor cell invasion and mechanical shedding of E-cadherin in zebrafish epidermis, with KRas mutations increasing invasion rates and p53 mutations enabling survival at distant sites.