YB-1 translational control of epithelial-mesenchyme transition.
Transitions between epithelial and mesenchmal phenotypes play critical roles in normal development and cancer progression. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Evdokimova et al. demonstrate that YB-1 regulates epithelial-mesenchyme transition (EMT) by inducing cap-independent translation of mRNAs encoding EMT-promoting factors and suppressing cap-dependent translation of mRNAs encoding growth-promoting factors.
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Ghassan
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Mouneimne
Joan S
JS
Brugge
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