Rac1 and Aurora A regulate MCAK to polarize microtubule growth in migrating endothelial cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-112

  Braun, Alexander ^a   Dang, Kyvan ^a   Buslig, Felinah ^a   Baird, Michelle A ^c,d   Davidson, Michael W ^c,d   Waterman, Clare M ^b   Myers, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MITOTIC CENTROMERE ASSOCIATED KINESIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; DYNAMICS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AURORA KINASE A; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KINESIN; MICROTUBULES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84904683714     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201401063     Document Type: Article

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