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Regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor endocytosis by wortmannin through activation of Rab5 rather than inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
EMBO reports - 1 Sept 2001
Chen X, Wang Z
Abstract excerpt
The involvement of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) in membrane trafficking in mammalian cells has largely come from experiments with wortmannin. This compound inhibits endosome fusion in vitro, possibly by inhibiting the production of phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns)-3-P, which co-regulates EEA1 with Rab5. However, the results from wortmannin inhibition experiments performed in vivo differ significantly. We...
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