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Required role of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) for integrin-stimulated cell migration.
Journal of cell science - 1 Aug 1999
Sieg D J, Hauck C R, Schlaepfer D D
Abstract excerpt
FAK localizes to sites of transmembrane integrin receptor clustering and facilitates intracellular signaling events. FAK-null (FAK-) fibroblasts exhibit a rounded morphology, defects in cell migration, and an elevated number of cell-substratum contact sites. Here we show that stable re-expression of epitope-tagged FAK reversed the morphological defects of the FAK- cells through the dynamic regulation of actin...
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