PAK is required for the disruption of E-cadherin adhesion by the small GTPase Rac

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 933-938

  Lozano, Encarnación ^a,b,d   Frasa, Marieke A M ^a   Smolarczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Knaus, Ulla G ^c   Braga, Vania M M ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cell adhesion; E cadherin; Keratinocytes; PAK; Rac small GTPase

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC1B PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; UVOMORULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; LAMELLIPODIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICROINJECTIONS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 43149118099     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.016121     Document Type: Article

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