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GEF at work: Vav in protruding filopodia.
Cell motility and the cytoskeleton - 1 Jul 2001
Kranewitter W J, Danninger C, Gimona M
Abstract excerpt
The Dbl family proto-oncogene vav is a nucleotide exchange factor for Rho family GTPases and is involved in triggering cytoskeletal changes contributing to the alterations of cell shape and motility, as well as in the induction of gene expression. In vitro and in vivo Vav is regulated by multiple tyrosine phosphorylation and binding to phosphatidylinositol phosphates. Although recruitment of Vav to the plasma...
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