Open AccessCalponin 3 promotes invasion and drug resistance of colon cancer cells
Author(s) -
Vidhya A Nair,
Noura Alkhayyal,
S. Sivaramakrishnan,
Wael M. AbdelRahman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1948-5204
DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v11.i11.971
Subject(s) - gene silencing , cancer research , colorectal cancer , medicine , calponin , metastasis , carcinogenesis , blot , small interfering rna , transfection , cell culture , pathology , cancer , biology , immunohistochemistry , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Calponin 3 (CNN3) is an actin-binding protein expressed in smooth muscle and non-smooth muscle cells. It is required for cytoskeletal rearrangement and wound healing.