Hyaluronic acid (HA) binding to CD44 activates Rac1 and induces lamellipodia outgrowth

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1159-1164

  Oliferenko, S ^a   Kaverina, I ^a   Small, J V ^a   Huber, L A ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell guidance; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Mammary epithelial cells; Rac1

Indexed keywords

HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL GROWTH; LAMELLIPODIUM; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD44; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HYALURONIC ACID; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034689057     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.6.1159     Document Type: Article

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