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    Podoplanin is indispensable for cell motility and platelet-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition-related gene expression in esophagus squamous carcinoma TE11A cells

    The transmembrane glycoprotein podoplanin (PDPN) is upregulated in some tumors and has gained attention as a malignant tumor biomarker. PDPN molecules have platelet aggregation-stimulating domains and, are the...

    Nobuo Watanabe, Masako Kidokoro, Makiko Tanaka, Shigeaki Inoue in Cancer Cell International (2020)

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    Acibenzolar-S-methyl activates stomatal-based defense against Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis in cabbage

    Pseudomonas cannabina pv. alisalensis (Pcal), which causes bacterial blight of brassicaceous plants, is an economically important pathogen worldwide. Copper fungicide and antibiotics are major strategies to manag...

    Takako Ishiga, Yumi Iida, Nanami Sakata in Journal of General Plant Pathology (2020)

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    A kinase-independent role for Aurora A in the assembly of mitotic spindle microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

    Assembly of mitotic spindle microtubules in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos requires the Aurora A kinase. Live-cell imaging and RNAi-based experiments now reveal that the kinase activity of Aurora A is dispensible...

    Mika Toya, Masahiro Terasawa, Kayo Nagata, Yumi Iida, Asako Sugimoto in Nature Cell Biology (2011)