Microtubules regulate GEF-H1 in response to extracellular matrix stiffness

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2583-2592

  Heck, Jessica N ^a,b,c   Ponik, Suzanne M ^a,b,c   Garcia Mendoza, Maria G ^a,b,c   Pehlke, Carolyn A ^a,b,c   Inman, David R ^a,b,c   Eliceiri, Kevin W ^b,c   Keely, Patricia J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MYOSIN; PROTEIN GEF H1; RHO FACTOR; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN STABILITY; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 84863523368     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E11-10-0876     Document Type: Article

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