Variable Metastatic Potentials Correlate with Differential Plectin and Vimentin Expression in Syngeneic Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer Cells

Tanya C. Burch; Megan T. Watson; Julius O. Nyalwidhe

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065005

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Variable Metastatic Potentials Correlate with Differential Plectin and Vimentin Expression in Syngeneic Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer Cells

Tanya C. Burch,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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Megan T. Watson,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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Julius O. Nyalwidhe

* E-mail: nyalwijo@evms.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
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Variable Metastatic Potentials Correlate with Differential Plectin and Vimentin Expression in Syngeneic Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer Cells

Tanya C. Burch,
Megan T. Watson,
Julius O. Nyalwidhe

Published: May 22, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065005

About the Authors

Tanya C. Burch

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America, Leroy T. Canoles Jr. Cancer Research Center, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Megan T. Watson

Julius O. Nyalwidhe

* E-mail: nyalwijo@evms.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TCB JON. Performed the experiments: TCB MTW JON. Analyzed the data: TCB MTW JON. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JON. Wrote the paper: TCB JON.

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